diff --git a/package/libs/openssl/Makefile b/package/libs/openssl/Makefile
index 8e439e1c31..393976598b 100644
--- a/package/libs/openssl/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/openssl/Makefile
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ define Build/Configure
 		depend
 endef
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC) -I$(CURDIR)/include
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC) -I$(CURDIR)/include -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections
 
 define Build/Compile
 	+$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \