diff --git a/media-gfx/gmic/gmic-2.9.9.recipe b/media-gfx/gmic/gmic-2.9.9.recipe
index bfdb26954..58afacf1e 100644
--- a/media-gfx/gmic/gmic-2.9.9.recipe
+++ b/media-gfx/gmic/gmic-2.9.9.recipe
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ BUILD()
 
 	local CUSTOM_CXX_FLAGS="-O3"
 	if [ "$targetArchitecture" = x86_gcc2 ]; then
-		CUSTOM_CXX_FLAGS="-O0"
+		CUSTOM_CXX_FLAGS="-O1"
 	fi
 
 	cmake $cmakeDirArgs \
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ BUILD()
 		-DENABLE_LTO=OFF
 
 	cd build
-	make
+	make VERBOSE=1
 	cd ..
 
 	export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L../build"
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ BUILD()
 		-DENABLE_LTO=OFF
 
 	cd build-qt
-	make
+	make VERBOSE=1
 }
 
 INSTALL()