diff --git a/www-client/links/links-2.28.recipe b/www-client/links/links-2.28.recipe
index 24a343767..699ad4629 100644
--- a/www-client/links/links-2.28.recipe
+++ b/www-client/links/links-2.28.recipe
@@ -77,12 +77,18 @@ defineDebugInfoPackage links$secondaryArchSuffix \
 BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf -vfi
+
+	if [ $effectiveTargetArchitecture == 'x86' ]; then
+		export CFLAGS="-DTIFF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -g -O2 -fopenmp"
+	fi
+
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure \
 		--bindir="$commandBinDir" \
 		--without-x \
 		--with-haiku \
 		--with-ssl \
 		--enable-graphics
+
 	make $jobArgs
 }