diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
index 3de593bdd7..734cf9e977 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ else
   BUSYBOX_CFG_FILE=$ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/$1.conf
 fi
 
+# busybox fails building with LTO support on gcc-4.6
+  strip_lto
+
 # optimize for size
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Ofast|-Os|"`
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O.|-Os|"`