diff --git a/doc/TINYCONFIG.md b/doc/TINYCONFIG.md
index 7ab60b5..024edf6 100644
--- a/doc/TINYCONFIG.md
+++ b/doc/TINYCONFIG.md
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ Milsko's configure script supports the `--tiny` option for building the tiniest
 - Add `-Oz` to the cflags
 - (clang only) add `-flto=thin` to the cflags and linker flags
 - Build stb-image with `STB_IMAGE_STATIC` (this is why you get warnings with stb_image when you use it)
-- Disable the Wayland backend
+- (Linux) Disable the Wayland backend
+- (Linux) Disable dbus integration
diff --git a/pl/ostype/Linux.pl b/pl/ostype/Linux.pl
index 278cbfe..75159d5 100644
--- a/pl/ostype/Linux.pl
+++ b/pl/ostype/Linux.pl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 my @enabled_backends = ();
 
-if (param_get("wayland")) {
+if (param_get("wayland") && not(param_get("tiny"))) {
     push(@enabled_backends, "wayland");
 }
 if (param_get("x11")) {
diff --git a/pl/rules.pl b/pl/rules.pl
index e669ae8..348a576 100644
--- a/pl/rules.pl
+++ b/pl/rules.pl
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ my $gl_libs = "";
 if (param_get("tiny")) {
     add_cflags("-Oz");
     if (defined($ENV{CC}) && grep(/^clang$/, $ENV{CC})) {
-        add_libs("-flto=thin");
-        add_cflags("-flto=thin");
+        add_libs("-flto=full");
+        add_cflags("-flto=full");
     }
+    add_cflags("-fdata-sections -ffunction-sections");
+    add_libs("-Wl,--gc-sections");
+
+    # these don't actually disable either, they're here for the final output.
+    param_set("wayland", 0);
+    param_set("dbus", 0);
 }
 if (param_get("classic-theme")) {
     add_cflags("-DUSE_CLASSIC_THEME");
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ if (grep(/^wayland$/, @backends)) {
     $gl_libs = "-lGL -lGLU";
 }
 
-if (not(param_get("dbus"))) {
+if (not(param_get("dbus")) && not(param_get("tiny"))) {
     $cflags =~ s/( |^)-DUSE_DBUS( |$)/ /;
 }