diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 9b61de5b..a34c1b04 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ $(UV_OBJS): CFLAGS += \
 	-Wno-unused-but-set-variable \
 	-Wno-unused-result \
 	-Wno-unused-variable
+$(UV_OBJS): CFLAGS := $(filter-out -flto,$(CFLAGS))
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 $(UV_OBJS): CFLAGS += \
 	-D_GNU_SOURCE