diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_%.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_%.bbappend
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+# Reduces the size of the output binaries by ~300K
+CFLAGS:append:class-target = " -flto"
+CXXFLAGS:append:class-target = " -flto"