diff --git a/config/optimize b/config/optimize
index 5d0b8efab0..d828dc688b 100644
--- a/config/optimize
+++ b/config/optimize
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 GCC_OPTIM="-Os"
+# Linker hash-style is set to gnu via gcc default
 LD_OPTIM="-Wl,--as-needed"
 
 if [ "${BUILD_WITH_DEBUG}" = "yes" ]; then
diff --git a/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk b/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
index fd052f604c..bb61b1a7b0 100644
--- a/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ GCC_COMMON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--target=$TARGET_NAME \
                            --enable-lto \
                            --enable-gold \
                            --enable-ld=default \
+                           --with-linker-hash-style=gnu \
                            --disable-multilib \
                            --disable-nls \
                            --enable-checking=release \