diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9c3374b3..38fe1f5c1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,9 +85,11 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(DEBUG_LEVEL), 2)
 OPT += -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 ifeq (,$(findstring ppc64,$(MACHINE))) # ppc64[le] doesn't support -momit-leaf-frame-pointer
+ifneq ($(MACHINE),armv7l)
 OPT += -momit-leaf-frame-pointer
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 # if we're compiling for release, compile without debug code (-DNDEBUG) and
 # don't treat warnings as errors