diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig
index d0846ec238d06d1870eb8b8d50c323378c66fe93..8d869e952b44ed51474d8f9f2e7ef13b7d69bfe0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
-# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
+CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
 # CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
 CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y