diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
index 80dbd20387..17f7c5a35b 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 $SCRIPTS/build libpng
 
+# ensure we use size optimization.
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O2|-Os|"`
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O3|-Os|"`
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 make
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