diff --git a/config/Config-build.in b/config/Config-build.in
index 2d08f4ccd2..caeae79944 100644
--- a/config/Config-build.in
+++ b/config/Config-build.in
@@ -383,6 +383,15 @@ menu "Global build settings"
 			bool "Full"
 	endchoice
 
+	config PKG_DT_RELR
+		bool "Link with relative relocations (RELR)"
+		depends on (aarch64 || i386 || loongarch64 || x86_64)
+		default y
+		help
+		  Link all applications with -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs.
+		  This will reduce the size of many applications.
+		  This is only supported on a limited number of architectures.
+
 	config TARGET_ROOTFS_SECURITY_LABELS
 		bool
 		select KERNEL_SQUASHFS_XATTR
diff --git a/include/hardening.mk b/include/hardening.mk
index a2be5eabd0..1565e5aa27 100644
--- a/include/hardening.mk
+++ b/include/hardening.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PKG_ASLR_PIE_REGULAR ?= 0
 PKG_SSP ?= 1
 PKG_FORTIFY_SOURCE ?= 1
 PKG_RELRO ?= 1
+PKG_DT_RELR ?= 1
 
 ifdef CONFIG_PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY
   ifeq ($(strip $(PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY)),1)
@@ -69,3 +70,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_PKG_RELRO_FULL
   endif
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_PKG_DT_RELR
+  ifeq ($(strip $(PKG_DT_RELR)),1)
+    TARGET_CFLAGS += -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs
+    TARGET_LDFLAGS += -zpack-relative-relocs
+  endif
+endif
+