diff --git a/parrot/trunk/PKGBUILD b/parrot/trunk/PKGBUILD
index 4e6e6ca..0e3ae7c 100644
--- a/parrot/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/parrot/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pkgname=parrot
 pkgver=5.1.0
 #_rel=stable
 _rel=devel
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Standalone VM that can execute bytecode compiled dynamic languages"
 arch=('x86_64' 'i686')
 url="http://www.parrotcode.org/"
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ md5sums=('cf879f76d56f007107c143a1b63037c9')
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
   perl Configure.pl --prefix=/usr \
+    --optimize \
     --parrot_is_shared \
     --disable-rpath
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:$(pwd)/blib/lib"