diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libe57format/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libe57format/package.nix
index bf391abd82d83..e442fa7a90561 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libe57format/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libe57format/package.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
+    # Without this, LTO will be enabled, which seems to cause
+    # errors when consumers try to link the `.a` file, see:
+    #     https://github.com/asmaloney/libE57Format/pull/313#issuecomment-2907797367
+    "-DE57_RELEASE_LTO=OFF"
     # See https://github.com/asmaloney/libE57Format/blob/9372bdea8db2cc0c032a08f6d655a53833d484b8/test/README.md
     (
       if finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck then