diff --git a/package/network/services/ppp/Makefile b/package/network/services/ppp/Makefile
index 2b78761ea51e9556f7e9b660f96c59ec6519ac99..70af3a2df5ba8088def4e0255ec6f0e54a9deb51 100644
--- a/package/network/services/ppp/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/ppp/Makefile
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ $(call Build/Configure/Default,, \
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/linux/
 endef
 
+TARGET_CFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections
+
 MAKE_FLAGS += COPTS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
 		PRECOMPILED_FILTER=1 \
 		STAGING_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)"