diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/msm8960_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/msm8960_defconfig
index bf15477..73d0756 100755
--- a/arch/arm/configs/msm8960_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/msm8960_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_RD_BZIP2=y
 CONFIG_RD_LZMA=y
+CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT=5
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_ASHMEM=y