diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindFFMPEG.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindFFMPEG.cmake
index ef74671d40..81e17a99dd 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindFFMPEG.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindFFMPEG.cmake
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ if(NOT FFMPEG_FOUND)
                                  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
                                  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
                                  -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=${LINKER_FLAGS}
+                                 -DCMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION=${CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION}
                                  ${CROSS_ARGS}
                                  ${FFMPEG_OPTIONS}
                       PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
diff --git a/tools/depends/target/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/depends/target/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ee90c4b79..c1bb9269a5 100644
--- a/tools/depends/target/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/depends/target/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ if(GNUTLS_FOUND)
   list(APPEND ffmpeg_conf --enable-gnutls)
 endif()
 
+if(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION)
+  list(APPEND ffmpeg_conf --enable-lto)
+endif()
+
 message(STATUS "FFMPEG_CONF: ${ffmpeg_conf}")
 
 include(ExternalProject)