diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8ef0874ed5..b6fb188151 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ host_cc="cc"
 audio_win_int=""
 libs_qga=""
 debug_info="yes"
+lto="false"
 stack_protector=""
 safe_stack=""
 use_containers="yes"
@@ -1182,6 +1183,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-werror) werror="no"
   ;;
+  --enable-lto) lto="true"
+  ;;
+  --disable-lto) lto="false"
+  ;;
   --enable-stack-protector) stack_protector="yes"
   ;;
   --disable-stack-protector) stack_protector="no"
@@ -1779,6 +1784,7 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if available
   module-upgrades try to load modules from alternate paths for upgrades
   debug-tcg       TCG debugging (default is disabled)
   debug-info      debugging information
+  lto             Enable Link-Time Optimization.
   sparse          sparse checker
   safe-stack      SafeStack Stack Smash Protection. Depends on
                   clang/llvm >= 3.7 and requires coroutine backend ucontext.
@@ -6965,6 +6971,7 @@ NINJA=$ninja $meson setup \
         -Db_pie=$(if test "$pie" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
         ${staticpic:+-Db_staticpic=$staticpic} \
         -Db_coverage=$(if test "$gcov" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
+        -Db_lto=$lto \
         -Dmalloc=$malloc -Dmalloc_trim=$malloc_trim -Dsparse=$sparse \
         -Dkvm=$kvm -Dhax=$hax -Dwhpx=$whpx -Dhvf=$hvf \
         -Dxen=$xen -Dxen_pci_passthrough=$xen_pci_passthrough -Dtcg=$tcg \
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 372576f82c..d05d880114 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2080,6 +2080,7 @@ summary_info += {'gprof enabled':     config_host.has_key('CONFIG_GPROF')}
 summary_info += {'sparse enabled':    sparse.found()}
 summary_info += {'strip binaries':    get_option('strip')}
 summary_info += {'profiler':          config_host.has_key('CONFIG_PROFILER')}
+summary_info += {'link-time optimization (LTO)': get_option('b_lto')}
 summary_info += {'static build':      config_host.has_key('CONFIG_STATIC')}
 if targetos == 'darwin'
   summary_info += {'Cocoa support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_COCOA')}