diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a01df7139..beffcdc28 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8225,7 +8225,7 @@ cd libsodium-$sodium_version
 save_cflags="$CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS="$orig_cflags"
 export CFLAGS
-./configure --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/sodium --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR --enable-shared --disable-static || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/sodium --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-opt || exit 1
 CFLAGS="$save_cflags"
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: compiling sodium resolver library" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "compiling sodium resolver library" >&6; }
@@ -8498,7 +8498,7 @@ cd jansson-$jansson_version
 save_cflags="$CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS="$orig_cflags"
 export CFLAGS
-./configure --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/jansson --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-opt || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/jansson --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR --enable-shared --disable-static || exit 1
 CFLAGS="$save_cflags"
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: compiling jansson resolver library" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "compiling jansson resolver library" >&6; }
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 050dc5fb0..adcefb215 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ cd libsodium-$sodium_version
 save_cflags="$CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS="$orig_cflags"
 export CFLAGS
-./configure --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/sodium --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR --enable-shared --disable-static || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/sodium --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-opt || exit 1
 CFLAGS="$save_cflags"
 AC_MSG_RESULT(compiling sodium resolver library)
 $ac_cv_prog_MAKER || exit 1
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ cd jansson-$jansson_version
 save_cflags="$CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS="$orig_cflags"
 export CFLAGS
-./configure --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/jansson --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-opt || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/jansson --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR --enable-shared --disable-static || exit 1
 CFLAGS="$save_cflags"
 AC_MSG_RESULT(compiling jansson resolver library)
 $ac_cv_prog_MAKER || exit 1