diff --git a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
index c6c26a367ef..99d6082ca99 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
@@ -1014,7 +1014,8 @@ tasks:
                                  ("rstudio", "r-base", "3.6-bionic"),
                                  ("rstudio", "r-base", "3.6-centos8"),
                                  ("rstudio", "r-base", "3.6-opensuse15"),
-                                 ("rstudio", "r-base", "3.6-opensuse42")] %}
+                                 ("rstudio", "r-base", "3.6-opensuse42"),
+                                 ("rhub", "debian-gcc-devel-lto", "latest")] %}
   test-r-{{ r_org }}-{{ r_image }}-{{ r_tag }}:
     ci: azure
     template: r/azure.linux.yml
diff --git a/r/DESCRIPTION b/r/DESCRIPTION
index a0c4b61b7a0..fe0c9c33e61 100644
--- a/r/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/r/DESCRIPTION
@@ -115,3 +115,4 @@ Collate:
     'reexports-tidyselect.R'
     'schema.R'
     'util.R'
+UseLTO: false