diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
index 089b9a4..1b2be93 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/openssl-${PV}"
 
 AR_append = " r"
 CFLAG = "${@base_conditional('SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS', 'le', '-DL_ENDIAN', '-DB_ENDIAN', d)} \
-	-DTERMIO ${FULL_OPTIMIZATION} -Wall"
+	-DTERMIO ${CFLAGS} -Wall"
 
 # Avoid binaries being marked as requiring an executable stack (which causes 
 # issues with SELinux on the host)