diff --git a/Makefile.flags b/Makefile.flags
index f5f446598..e77c0e527 100644
--- a/Makefile.flags
+++ b/Makefile.flags
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-builtin-strlen -finline-limit=0 -fomit-frame-poi
 CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-guess-branch-probability,)
 CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-funsigned-char -static-libgcc,)
 CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-falign-functions=1 -falign-jumps=1 -falign-labels=1 -falign-loops=1,)
+# Defeat .eh_frame bloat (gcc 4.6.3 x86-32 defconfig: 20% smaller busybox binary):
+CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-unwind-tables,)
+CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables,)
 
 # FIXME: These warnings are at least partially to be concerned about and should
 # be fixed..