diff --git a/autopackage.sh b/autopackage.sh
index 913b8078a..85274db7d 100755
--- a/autopackage.sh
+++ b/autopackage.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 
 timing_enter build_release
 
-./configure $(get_config_params) --disable-debug --enable-lto
+./configure $(get_config_params) --disable-debug --enable-lto --disable-unit-tests
 $MAKE ${MAKEFLAGS}
 $MAKE ${MAKEFLAGS} clean
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f49f6e50e..3e8f4b6df 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -494,6 +494,11 @@ if [[ "${CONFIG[ISAL]}" = "n" ]] && [[ "${CONFIG[REDUCE]}" = "y" ]]; then
 		exit 1
 fi
 
+if [[ "${CONFIG[LTO]}" = "y" ]] && [[ "${CONFIG[UNIT_TESTS]}" = "y"  ]]; then
+		echo "ERROR Conflicting options: --enable-lto is not compatible with --enable-unit-tests."
+		exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ -z "${CONFIG[ENV]}" ]; then
 	CONFIG[ENV]=$rootdir/lib/env_dpdk
 	echo "Using default SPDK env in ${CONFIG[ENV]}"