diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.10.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.10.1.bb
index 97d923d6f0..537d7c8b93 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.10.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.10.1.bb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${TCLIBC}-dbg"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += " sed perl glibc-utils perl-module-file-glob"
 
 do_compile_ptest() {
-    oe_runmake check
+    oe_runmake check CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O0" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -O0"
 }