diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6113deb0aa0..e9c3dccfceb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ endif
 
 if get_option('b_lto')
   project_version += '-lto'
+  # LTO causes random issues that are nearly impossible to debug, so bug reports from LTO builds have been
+  # rejected for a long time now.
+  # Explicitly reject LTO when building to prevent more people from running into bugs that end up inactionable.
+  if not get_option('allow-broken-lto')
+     error('Building Mesa with LTO is not supported. Please disable LTO for building Mesa.')
+  endif
 endif
 
 with_llvm = get_option('llvm')
diff --git a/meson.options b/meson.options
index 9a132f802c3..d22431f82e0 100644
--- a/meson.options
+++ b/meson.options
@@ -865,3 +865,10 @@ option(
   type : 'feature',
   description : 'Use SPIRV-Tools for dumping SPIR-V for debugging purposes (required by CLC)'
 )
+
+option(
+  'allow-broken-lto',
+  type : 'boolean',
+  value : false,
+  description : 'Manual override switch to enable LTO, which is unsupported due to being broken. WARNING: This option may break your driver randomly!'
+)