diff --git a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/conf/distro/xilinx-standalone.conf b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/conf/distro/xilinx-standalone.conf
index 8f53e99..4273230 100644
--- a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/conf/distro/xilinx-standalone.conf
+++ b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/conf/distro/xilinx-standalone.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 DISTRO_NAME_append = " (lto)"
 
 # By default we want to optimize for size.
-FULL_OPTIMIZATION = "-Os -pipe ${DEBUG_FLAGS}"
+FULL_OPTIMIZATION = "-O2 -pipe ${DEBUG_FLAGS}"
 
 # Workaround for microblaze -Os bug
 FULL_OPTIMIZATION_microblaze = "-O2 -pipe ${DEBUG_FLAGS}"