diff --git a/squid.changes b/squid.changes
index f54ac86..6782d06 100644
--- a/squid.changes
+++ b/squid.changes
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Mon Jul 15 14:58:13 UTC 2019 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>
   + Fix Memory leak when http_reply_access uses external_acl
   + Fix Multiple XSS issues in cachemgr.cgi
     (bsc#1140738, CVE-2019-13345)
+- disable LTO to as a workaround to tests failing
 
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 Wed May  8 10:41:22 UTC 2019 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>
diff --git a/squid.spec b/squid.spec
index f0e2164..da83e6b 100644
--- a/squid.spec
+++ b/squid.spec
@@ -89,10 +89,13 @@ perl -p -i -e 's|%{_prefix}/local/bin/perl|%{_bindir}/perl|' `find -name "*.pl"`
 %patch1 -p1
 
 %build
+%define _lto_cflags %{nil}
 autoreconf -fi
 cd libltdl; autoreconf -fi; cd ..
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIE -fPIC -DOPENSSL_LOAD_CONF"
 export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIE -fPIC -DOPENSSL_LOAD_CONF"
+#export CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -fPIC -DOPENSSL_LOAD_CONF"
+#export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -fPIC -DOPENSSL_LOAD_CONF"
 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -pie"
 %configure \
 	--disable-strict-error-checking \