diff --git a/x11-libs/fox/fox-1.7.84.ebuild b/x11-libs/fox/fox-1.7.84.ebuild
index 33e6f56e86679..baab848c22366 100644
--- a/x11-libs/fox/fox-1.7.84.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/fox/fox-1.7.84.ebuild
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+	filter-lto
+
 	use debug || append-cppflags -DNDEBUG
 
 	# Not using --enable-release because of the options it sets like no SSP