diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index 57826037f0..9a043b1ef5 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ require conf/distro/poky.conf
 DISTRO = "poky-tiny"
 DISTROOVERRIDES = "poky:poky-tiny"
 TCLIBC = "musl"
+
+FULL_OPTIMIZATION="-Os -pipe ${DEBUG_FLAGS}"
+
 # FIXME: consider adding a new "tiny" feature
 #DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " tiny"