diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3e9e1c0ae2c2..7bdea6f7333b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -514,9 +514,13 @@ if test -n "$with_android_ndk"; then
     esac
 
     if test "$ENABLE_LTO" = TRUE; then
-        # -flto comes from com_GCC_degs.mk, too, but we need to make sure it gets passed as part of
+        # -flto comes from com_GCC_defs.mk, too, but we need to make sure it gets passed as part of
         # $CC and $CXX when building external libraries
-        ANDROIDCFLAGS="$ANDROIDCFLAGS -flto"
+         if test "$COM_IS_CLANG" = TRUE; then
+            ANDROIDCFLAGS="$ANDROIDCFLAGS -flto"
+        else
+            ANDROIDCFLAGS="$ANDROIDCFLAGS -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -O2"
+        fi
     fi
 
     # gdbserver can be in different locations