diff --git a/src/modules/lua/Makefile b/src/modules/lua/Makefile
index 8f534a51b48..5754ff32358 100644
--- a/src/modules/lua/Makefile
+++ b/src/modules/lua/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_LUA),module)
 else
 	STATIC_LUA_FLAG=-DSTATIC_LUA=1
 	LUA_TARGET=libvalkeylua.a
+	# Strip LTO flags for the static build. When archiving into a .a,
+	# LTO bitcode objects cause linker failures if the system linker
+	# cannot read them. Use 'override' because OPTIMIZATION is passed
+	# as a command-line variable from the parent Makefile.
+	override OPTIMIZATION:=$(subst -flto,,$(subst -ffat-lto-objects,,$(subst -flto=auto,,$(OPTIMIZATION))))
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)