diff --git a/packages/sysutils/LVM2/build b/packages/sysutils/LVM2/build
index bc1f72ed1c..b450f9bd8e 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/LVM2/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/LVM2/build
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 
+# LVM2 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 $BUILD/$1*
 ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \