diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_defconfig b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_defconfig
index 79fffe3323..95a698c538 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_defconfig
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 BR2_x86_64=y
 BR2_CCACHE=y
+BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_VENDOR="minikube"
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC=y
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y