diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.8.bb
index eb517c3f7ef..5bc48b05299 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/fio/fio_3.8.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 DISABLE_STATIC = ""
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CC='${CC}' LDFLAGS='${LDFLAGS}'"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-optimizations"
 
 do_configure() {
     ./configure ${EXTRA_OECONF}