diff --git a/dev-libs/ixion/ixion0.18-0.19.0.recipe b/dev-libs/ixion/ixion0.18-0.19.0.recipe
index 3b99b849f..2bbe6a6f4 100644
--- a/dev-libs/ixion/ixion0.18-0.19.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/ixion/ixion0.18-0.19.0.recipe
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libboost_system$secondaryArchSuffix >= $boostMinimumVersion
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libspdlog$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:mdds$secondaryArchSuffix >= 2.1
+	devel:mdds >= 2.1
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:aclocal
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ PATCH()
 BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf -fi
-	export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++17"
+	export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++17 -O2 -g"
 	BOOST_ROOT="$portPackageLinksDir"/devel~libboost_program_options/develop
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure \
 		--bindir=$commandBinDir \