diff -r 3a7b2eee9dcd -r a9130ff13b19 scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in
--- a/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Sat Oct 06 23:48:07 2012 +0200
+++ b/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Tue Nov 13 15:06:18 2012 +0000
@@ -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}"