diff --git a/examples/ipv6/rpl-border-router/Makefile b/examples/ipv6/rpl-border-router/Makefile
index dbc8abbb1..c166000bc 100644
--- a/examples/ipv6/rpl-border-router/Makefile
+++ b/examples/ipv6/rpl-border-router/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ WITH_UIP6=1
 UIP_CONF_IPV6=1
 CFLAGS+= -DUIP_CONF_IPV6_RPL
 
+#linker optimizations
+SMALL=1
+
 CFLAGS += -DPROJECT_CONF_H=\"project-conf.h\"
 PROJECT_SOURCEFILES += slip-bridge.c