diff --git a/configs/sama5d2_xplained_emmc_defconfig b/configs/sama5d2_xplained_emmc_defconfig
index e33dcb8..9ef0ff4 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d2_xplained_emmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d2_xplained_emmc_defconfig
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x22000000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
+CONFIG_LTO=y
 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG=y
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SD_BOOT=y