diff -zNaur jhalfs.orig/LFS/master.sh jhalfs/LFS/master.sh
--- jhalfs.orig/LFS/master.sh
+++ jhalfs/LFS/master.sh
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@
        ;;
     esac
 
+    [[ "$OPTIMIZE" != "0" ]] && wrt_makeflags "$name"
+
       # Check if we have a real /etc/fstab file
     case "${this_script}" in
       *fstab) if [[ -n $FSTAB ]]; then