diff --git a/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.54.1-r1.ebuild b/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.54.1-r1.ebuild
index 238d5b523b18b..0c9445eebcf98 100644
--- a/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.54.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.54.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
 USE_RUBY=( ruby3{2..3} )
 LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-{1..4} luajit )
 
-inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 linux-info lua-single perl-functions\
+inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 dot-a linux-info lua-single perl-functions\
 		python-single-r1 ruby-single toolchain-funcs vala
 
 MY_PV_1="$(ver_cut 1-2)"
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ src_configure() {
 	# Bug #915339
 	unset LEX YACC
 
+	if use ocaml || use static-libs; then
+		lto-guarantee-fat
+	fi
+
 	local myconf=(
 		--disable-appliance
 		--disable-daemon
@@ -193,6 +197,8 @@ src_configure() {
 
 src_install() {
 	emake INSTALLDIRS=vendor DESTDIR="${D}" install "LINGUAS=""${LINGUAS}"""
+	# ocaml always installs a static lib even without USE=static-libs
+	strip-lto-bytecode "${ED}"
 
 	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.55.13.ebuild b/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.55.13.ebuild
index ac53014c3a09d..703f09786b4db 100644
--- a/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.55.13.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.55.13.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
 USE_RUBY=( ruby3{2..3} )
 LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-{1..4} luajit )
 
-inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 linux-info lua-single perl-functions\
+inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 dot-a linux-info lua-single perl-functions\
 		python-single-r1 ruby-single toolchain-funcs vala
 
 MY_PV_1="$(ver_cut 1-2)"
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ src_configure() {
 	# Bug #915339
 	unset LEX YACC
 
+	if use ocaml || use static-libs; then
+		lto-guarantee-fat
+	fi
+
 	local myconf=(
 		--disable-appliance
 		--disable-daemon
@@ -193,6 +197,8 @@ src_configure() {
 
 src_install() {
 	emake INSTALLDIRS=vendor DESTDIR="${D}" install "LINGUAS=""${LINGUAS}"""
+	# ocaml always installs a static lib even without USE=static-libs
+	strip-lto-bytecode "${ED}"
 
 	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die