diff --git a/src/libponyc/codegen/host.cc b/src/libponyc/codegen/host.cc
index e7e3d89a65..6240479c4c 100644
--- a/src/libponyc/codegen/host.cc
+++ b/src/libponyc/codegen/host.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ LLVMTargetMachineRef codegen_machine(LLVMTargetRef target, pass_opt_t* opt)
   // Hopefully we get #3874 figured out in a reasonable amount of time.
   CodeGenOpt::Level opt_level =
     opt->release ? CodeGenOpt::Aggressive :
-      target_is_arm(opt->triple) ? CodeGenOpt::Default : CodeGenOpt::None;
+      target_is_arm(opt->triple) ? CodeGenOpt::Aggressive : CodeGenOpt::Aggressive;
 
   TargetOptions options;