diff --git a/configs/r8a77990_ebisu_defconfig b/configs/r8a77990_ebisu_defconfig
index fe2a38da99..00337e07ee 100644
--- a/configs/r8a77990_ebisu_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a77990_ebisu_defconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6318000
 CONFIG_RCAR_GEN3=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_EBISU=y
 CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x58000000
+CONFIG_LTO=y
 CONFIG_REMAKE_ELF=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN=1048576
 CONFIG_FIT=y