diff --git a/package/libpcap/libpcap.mk b/package/libpcap/libpcap.mk
index a4523f2218..3d05590da3 100644
--- a/package/libpcap/libpcap.mk
+++ b/package/libpcap/libpcap.mk
@@ -57,5 +57,9 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_microblaze)$(BR2_sparc)$(BR2_sparc64),y)
 LIBPCAP_CFLAGS += -fPIC
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_104028),y)
+LIBPCAP_CFLAGS += -O2
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))