diff --git a/rbutil/mkimxboot/Makefile b/rbutil/mkimxboot/Makefile
index 0172ae97f0..a81b960649 100644
--- a/rbutil/mkimxboot/Makefile
+++ b/rbutil/mkimxboot/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # We use the SB code available in the Rockbox utils/sbtools directory
 IMXTOOLS_DIR=../../utils/imxtools/sbtools/
 CFLAGS += -I$(IMXTOOLS_DIR) -Wall
-CFLAGS += -std=c99 -g
+CFLAGS += -std=c99 -g -O3
 
 OUTPUT = mkimxboot