diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index e0f05a3b357..9424fd90048 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Thu Sep 18 21:13:40 1997  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
+	* Makefile.in (BOOT_CFLAGS): Use -O2.
+
 	* configure.in (strtoul, bsearch): Have autoconf check for these
 	functions.
 	* configure, config.in: Rebuilt.
diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index d6130203d59..651d79e0166 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ALLOCA_FINISH = true
 XCFLAGS =
 TCFLAGS =
 CFLAGS = -g
-BOOT_CFLAGS = -O $(CFLAGS)
+BOOT_CFLAGS = -O2 $(CFLAGS)
 # These exists to be overridden by the x-* and t-* files, respectively.
 X_CFLAGS =
 T_CFLAGS =