diff --git a/guacamole/proxy/Makefile b/guacamole/proxy/Makefile
index 9145ad73f..aea65d8b4 100644
--- a/guacamole/proxy/Makefile
+++ b/guacamole/proxy/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-CFLAGS=-g -ansi -pedantic -Wall -Werror
+CFLAGS=-O2 -ansi -pedantic -Wall -Werror
 LDFLAGS=-lpng -lvncclient
 
 .PHONY: clean