diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 1d3d513..0eee64c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   PERF_DEBUG = $(DEBUG)
 endif
 ifndef PERF_DEBUG
-  CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE = -O6
+  CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE = -O6 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 endif
 
 ifdef PARSER_DEBUG
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	PARSER_DEBUG_CFLAGS := -DPARSER_DEBUG
 endif
 
-CFLAGS = -fno-omit-frame-pointer -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 $(CFLAGS_WERROR) $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE) -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(PARSER_DEBUG_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS = -fno-omit-frame-pointer -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 $(CFLAGS_WERROR) $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE) $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(PARSER_DEBUG_CFLAGS)
 EXTLIBS = -lpthread -lrt -lelf -lm
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)