diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
index 8859dad..a66e540 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
 	parent=$(dirname ${localedir})
 	mkdir -p ${PKGD}/$parent
 	tar -cf - -C $treedir/$parent -p $(basename ${localedir}) | tar -xf - -C ${PKGD}$parent
+
+	# Finalize tree by chaning all duplicate files into hard links
+	cross-localedef-hardlink -c -v ${WORKDIR}/locale-tree
 }
 
 inherit qemu
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@
                 bb.error("locale_arch_options not found for target_arch=" + target_arch)
                 bb.fatal("unknown arch:" + target_arch + " for locale_arch_options")
 
-            localedef_opts += " --force  --no-archive --prefix=%s \
+            localedef_opts += " --force --no-hard-links --no-archive --prefix=%s \
                 --inputfile=%s/%s/i18n/locales/%s --charmap=%s %s/%s" \
                 % (treedir, treedir, datadir, locale, encoding, outputpath, name)
 
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@
                 (path, i18npath, gconvpath, localedef_opts)
         else: # earlier slower qemu way 
             qemu = qemu_target_binary(d) 
-            localedef_opts = "--force --no-archive --prefix=%s \
+            localedef_opts = "--force --no-hard-links --no-archive --prefix=%s \
                 --inputfile=%s/i18n/locales/%s --charmap=%s %s" \
                 % (treedir, datadir, locale, encoding, name)