diff --git a/packages/graphics/Mesa/build b/packages/graphics/Mesa/build
index 7611b418c7..d4c0e5d083 100755
--- a/packages/graphics/Mesa/build
+++ b/packages/graphics/Mesa/build
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ $SCRIPTS/build libX11
 
 get_graphicdrivers
 
+# ensure we dont use size optimization.
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O3|"`
+  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O3|"`
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
+
 HOST_CC=$HOST_CC \
 HOST_OPT_FLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS" \
 X11_INCLUDES= \