diff --git a/package/leptonica/leptonica.mk b/package/leptonica/leptonica.mk
index 8eedf2fda9..4cb73296e8 100644
--- a/package/leptonica/leptonica.mk
+++ b/package/leptonica/leptonica.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ LEPTONICA_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 LEPTONICA_CONF_OPTS += --disable-programs
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_101737),y)
+LEPTONICA_CONF_OPTS += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -O0"
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB),y)
 LEPTONICA_DEPENDENCIES += giflib
 LEPTONICA_CONF_OPTS += --with-giflib