diff -r cfb1783d4cb8 -r d7c10d1bc152 scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in
--- a/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Fri Nov 09 18:22:31 2012 +0100
+++ b/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Wed Nov 14 13:48:18 2012 +1300
@@ -494,7 +494,9 @@
     fi

     # Help gcc
-    CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST=
+    # Explicitly optimise, else the lines below will overide the
+    # package's default optimisation flags
+    CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST="-O2 -g"
     [ "${CT_USE_PIPES}" = "y" ] && CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST+=" -pipe"
     CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST+=" ${CT_EXTRA_FLAGS_FOR_HOST}"