diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
index 4e4d73389e5..fa2ea95faaa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base1/template
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ distfiles="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pkgname/1/}/${pkgname/1/}-${ve
 checksum=9533dcfaa4ee32d435483d9fa88c06b1eba6e9bb234aacd7583f207199f44ba3
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686*|x86_64*) CFLAGS="-msse2";;
+	i686*) CFLAGS="-O2 -msse2";;
 esac
 
 # Package build options