diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c1e9612bbf..e73c228559 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ qemu_common_flags = [
 qemu_cflags = []
 qemu_ldflags = []
 
+# Trim unreferenced functions, data
+qemu_common_flags += ['-ffunction-sections', '-fdata-sections']
+qemu_ldflags += '-Wl,--gc-sections'
+
 if host_os == 'darwin'
   # Disable attempts to use ObjectiveC features in os/object.h since they
   # won't work when we're compiling with gcc as a C compiler.