diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec
index 5eaa63d..7b697ff 100755
--- a/cpanspec
+++ b/cpanspec
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ my @MACROS = (
 
     # 1 is for the macros.
     {
-        'optimize'  => '%{optimize}',
+        'optimize'  => '%{optflags}',
         'buildroot' => '%{buildroot}',
     },
 );