diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index af77e17d00..823136b393 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ else
   XBMC_CRYSTALHD="--disable-crystalhd"
 fi
 
+# xbmc fails to compile with GCC 4.5.0's link time optimization.
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
+  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 cd xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/Codecs/libdvd/libdvdcss