diff --git a/media-libs/faad2/faad2-2.8.8.ebuild b/media-libs/faad2/faad2-2.8.8.ebuild
index 71287ad16e..db4324f406 100644
--- a/media-libs/faad2/faad2-2.8.8.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/faad2/faad2-2.8.8.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit autotools multilib-minimal
+inherit autotools flag-o-matic multilib-minimal
 
 DESCRIPTION="AAC audio decoding library"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.audiocoding.com/faad2.html"
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 multilib_src_configure() {
+       replace-flags "-O3" "-O2"
        local myconf=(
                --without-xmms
                $(use_with digitalradio drm)