diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/Makefile.inc b/payloads/libpayload/Makefile.inc
index a3094aa85f..05754fe887 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/Makefile.inc
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/Makefile.inc
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ INCLUDES := -Iinclude -Iinclude/$(ARCHDIR-y) -I$(obj) -include include/kconfig.h
 
 CFLAGS =  $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -Os -pipe -nostdinc -ggdb3
 CFLAGS += -nostdlib -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fomit-frame-pointer
+CFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
 CFLAGS += -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
 CFLAGS += -Wwrite-strings -Wredundant-decls -Wno-trigraphs
 CFLAGS += -Wstrict-aliasing -Wshadow -Werror