diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b51d7d7f..58d2d79ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
       - No longer emitting turns on ferries, if a ferry should use multiple docking locations
     - Profiles
       - Removed the `./profile.lua -> ./profiles/car.lua` symlink. Use specific profiles from the `profiles` directory.
+    - Infrastructure
+      - Disabled link-time optimized (LTO) builds by default. Enable by passing `-DENABLE_LTO=ON` to `cmake` if you need the performance and know what you are doing.
 
 # 5.5.1
   - Changes from 5.5.0
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc541d458..f1219f6ae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ option(BUILD_COMPONENTS "Build osrm-components" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_ASSERTIONS "Use assertions in release mode" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Build with coverage instrumentalisation" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_SANITIZER "Use memory sanitizer for Debug build" OFF)
-option(ENABLE_LTO "Use LTO if available" ON)
+option(ENABLE_LTO "Use LTO if available" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_FUZZING "Fuzz testing using LLVM's libFuzzer" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_GOLD_LINKER "Use GNU gold linker if available" ON)