diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 414eb5f3..0253a32d 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ $(UV_OBJS): CFLAGS += \
 	-Wno-unused-but-set-variable \
 	-Wno-unused-result \
 	-Wno-unused-variable
-$(UV_OBJS): CFLAGS := $(filter-out -flto,$(CFLAGS))
+$(UV_OBJS): CFLAGS += -fno-lto
 $(filter out/win%,$(UV_OBJS)): CFLAGS += -Wno-cast-function-type
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 $(UV_OBJS): CFLAGS += \