diff --git a/package/glibc/glibc.mk b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
index 3862e0624b..5c26b0e6df 100644
--- a/package/glibc/glibc.mk
+++ b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),y)
 GLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS += -g
 endif
 
+# glibc explicitly requires compile barriers between files
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7),y)
+GLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS += -fno-lto
+endif
+
 # The stubs.h header is not installed by install-headers, but is
 # needed for the gcc build. An empty stubs.h will work, as explained
 # in http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-01/msg00900.html. The same trick