diff --git a/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh b/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
index a7fa127eb4..c1df82e37e 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ generate_qemu_options() {
 	# On version 5.2.0 onward the Meson build system warns to not use -O3
 	if ! gt_eq "${qemu_version}" "5.2.0" ; then
 		_qemu_cflags+=" -O3"
+	else
+		_qemu_cflags+=" -O2"
 	fi
 
 	# Improve code quality by assuming identical semantics for interposed