diff --git a/BinariesCheck.py b/BinariesCheck.py
index 21a0cf890..6bb9ef4c3 100644
--- a/BinariesCheck.py
+++ b/BinariesCheck.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class BinaryInfo(object):
 
     chdir_call_regex = create_regexp_call('chdir')
     mktemp_call_regex = create_regexp_call('mktemp')
+    lto_section_name_prefix = '.gnu.lto_.'
 
     def __init__(self, pkg, path, fname, is_ar, is_shlib):
         self.readelf_error = False
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ def __init__(self, pkg, path, fname, is_ar, is_shlib):
         self.forbidden_calls = []
         fork_called = False
         self.tail = ''
+        self.lto_sections = False
 
         self.setgid = False
         self.setuid = False
@@ -110,6 +112,9 @@ def __init__(self, pkg, path, fname, is_ar, is_shlib):
         if not res[0]:
             lines = res[1].splitlines()
             for line in lines:
+                if BinaryInfo.lto_section_name_prefix in line:
+                    self.lto_sections = True
+
                 r = BinaryInfo.needed_regex.search(line)
                 if r:
                     self.needed.append(r.group(1))
@@ -484,6 +489,9 @@ def check_binary(self, pkg):
                 for ec in bin_info.exit_calls:
                     printWarning(pkg, 'shared-lib-calls-exit', fname, ec)
 
+            if bin_info.lto_sections:
+                printError(pkg, 'lto-bytecode', fname)
+
             for ec in bin_info.forbidden_calls:
                 printWarning(pkg, ec, fname,
                              BinaryInfo.forbidden_functions[ec]['f_name'])
@@ -773,7 +781,11 @@ def check_binary(self, pkg):
 '''This executable should be stripped from debugging symbols, in order to take
 less space and be loaded faster. This is usually done automatically at
 buildtime by rpm. Check the build logs and the permission on the file (some
-implementations only strip if the permission is 0755).'''
+implementations only strip if the permission is 0755).''',
+
+'lto-bytecode',
+'''This executable contains a LTO section.  LTO bytecode is not portable
+and should not be distributed in static libraries or e.g. Python modules.''',
 )
 
 # BinariesCheck.py ends here
diff --git a/test/binary/libreiserfscore-devel-3.6.27-0.x86_64.rpm b/test/binary/libreiserfscore-devel-3.6.27-0.x86_64.rpm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d8bb6ab9
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/binary/libreiserfscore-devel-3.6.27-0.x86_64.rpm differ
diff --git a/test/test_binaries.py b/test/test_binaries.py
index 96196d7b6..c57971b3a 100644
--- a/test/test_binaries.py
+++ b/test/test_binaries.py
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ def test_waived_forbidden_c_calls(self):
         for package in ['ngircd']:
             out = self._rpm_test_output(os.path.join('binary', package))
             assert 'crypto-policy-non-compliance' not in "\n".join(out)
+
+    def test_lto_bytecode(self):
+        for package in ['libreiserfscore-devel']:
+            out = self._rpm_test_output(os.path.join('binary', package))
+            assert 'lto-bytecode' in "\n".join(out)