diff --git a/Make.defaults b/Make.defaults
index 2f432201..aa974d98 100644
--- a/Make.defaults
+++ b/Make.defaults
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CROSS_COMPILE	?=
 PKG_CONFIG = $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
 CC	:= $(if $(filter default,$(origin CC)),$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc,$(CC))
 CCLD	:= $(if $(filter undefined,$(origin CCLD)),$(CC),$(CCLD))
-OPTIMIZE ?= -O2
+OPTIMIZE ?= -O2 -flto
 CFLAGS	?= $(OPTIMIZE) -g3
 CFLAGS	:= $(CFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS ?=
diff --git a/gcc.specs b/gcc.specs
index 9ebf56ba..45d43d11 100644
--- a/gcc.specs
+++ b/gcc.specs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 + %(efivar_cpp_options)
 
 *cc1_options:
-+ %(efivar_cpp_options) -Wmaybe-uninitialized -fno-merge-constants -flto -fvisibility=hidden %{!r:%{!fpie:%{!fPIE:%{!fpic:%{!fPIC:%{!fno-pic:-fPIE}}}}}}
++ %(efivar_cpp_options) -Wmaybe-uninitialized -fno-merge-constants -fvisibility=hidden %{!r:%{!fpie:%{!fPIE:%{!fpic:%{!fPIC:%{!fno-pic:-fPIE}}}}}}
 
 *self_spec:
 + %{!shared:%{!static:%{!r:-pie}}} %{static:-Wl,-no-fatal-warnings -Wl,-static -static -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now}