diff --git a/make/ChangeLog b/make/ChangeLog
index c0bf0c9f22..eac6d9c589 100644
--- a/make/ChangeLog
+++ b/make/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-16	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* custom/mvme5500.cfg: Use -O2 again.
+
 2007-05-11	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am: DMV152 obsoleted.
diff --git a/make/custom/mvme5500.cfg b/make/custom/mvme5500.cfg
index 2bd9eac7d4..a09ff6fd12 100644
--- a/make/custom/mvme5500.cfg
+++ b/make/custom/mvme5500.cfg
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ CPU_CFLAGS = -mcpu=7450 -Dmpc7455 -mno-altivec -mabi=altivec -mvrsave=no -mmulti
 #T. Straumann; disable sdata=eabi for now until CEXP supports it -meabi -msdata=eabi
 
 # optimize flag: typically -O2
-CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_V = -O1 -g
+CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_V = -O2 -g
 
 define make-exe
         $(LINK.c) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LINK_OBJS) $(LINK_LIBS)