diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a829118fae8e16e4a409ad44fcdf9db6c4170460..e4da7ac794af18963d8ef7d03463334eb8066e6c 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2005-11-07  Kevin P. Fleming  <kpfleming@digium.com>
 
+	* Makefile: restore function of 'dont-optimize'
+
 	* config.c (config_text_file_load): don't generate log message when stat() fails
 
 	* many files: clean up application documentation to not refer to return values, since they cannot be used in the dialplan (work done by Neil Lewis)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3a010c0147f1a995a5d1a6fa49df7a5385bad61f..c4e52ccca9fee5b5cd59ffd6b9cdb0e344f10d85 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,17 +36,19 @@ endif
 # Remember the MAKELEVEL at the top
 MAKETOPLEVEL?=$(MAKELEVEL)
 
+ifneq ($(findstring dont-optimize,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),dont-optimize)
 ######### More GSM codec optimization
 ######### Uncomment to enable MMXTM optimizations for x86 architecture CPU's
 ######### which support MMX instructions.  This should be newer pentiums,
 ######### ppro's, etc, as well as the AMD K6 and K7.  
 #K6OPT  = -DK6OPT
 
-#Overwite config files on "make samples"
-OVERWRITE=y
-
 #Tell gcc to optimize the code
 OPTIMIZE+=-O6
+endif
+
+#Overwite config files on "make samples"
+OVERWRITE=y
 
 #Include debug symbols in the executables (-g) and profiling info (-pg)
 DEBUG=-g #-pg
@@ -815,8 +817,7 @@ config:
 		$(INSTALL) -m 755 init.asterisk /etc/init.d/asterisk; \
 	fi 
 
-dont-optimize:
-	$(MAKE) OPTIMIZE= K6OPT= install
+dont-optimize: install
 
 valgrind: dont-optimize