diff --git a/config/Config-devel.in b/config/Config-devel.in
index d096c18a723d2bfd07b04faa0f9fab31cfbf970a..5970ac238d318f1d8a1c60afcb25f650d6870af9 100644
--- a/config/Config-devel.in
+++ b/config/Config-devel.in
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ menuconfig DEVEL
 
 	config EXTRA_OPTIMIZATION
 		string "Additional compiler options" if DEVEL
+		default "-fno-caller-saves -fno-plt" if !CONFIG_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN
 		default "-fno-caller-saves"
 		help
 		  Extra target-independent optimizations to use when building for the target.