diff --git a/plat/mediatek/mt8196/platform.mk b/plat/mediatek/mt8196/platform.mk
index 50508093a..8eb1acede 100644
--- a/plat/mediatek/mt8196/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/mediatek/mt8196/platform.mk
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ MODULES-$(CONFIG_MTK_MTCMOS) += $(MTK_PLAT)/drivers/mtcmos
 
 ifneq ($(MTKLIB_PATH),)
 LDFLAGS += -L $(dir $(MTKLIB_PATH))
-LDLIBS += -l$(patsubst lib%.a,%,$(notdir $(MTKLIB_PATH)))
+LDLIBS += -Wl,--whole-archive -l$(patsubst lib%.a,%,$(notdir $(MTKLIB_PATH))) -Wl,--no-whole-archive
 endif
 
 PLAT_BL_COMMON_SOURCES := common/desc_image_load.c \