diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
index b8f4c52..7aed7cb 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@
 # is merged and rev bumped
 SECURITY_CFLAGS_pn-pldm = ""
 
+# We generally want to enable LTO with meson
+EXTRA_OEMESON_append_class-target = " -Db_lto=true"
+
 # Set the root password to '0penBmc'
 inherit extrausers