diff --git a/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile b/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
index c18496c923..2eaf38d580 100644
--- a/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libnl-tiny \
-	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include \
+	-flto
+
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -flto -fuse-linker-plugin
 
 CMAKE_OPTIONS += \
 	-DLIBNL_LIBS=-lnl-tiny \