diff --git a/community/py-greenlet/APKBUILD b/community/py-greenlet/APKBUILD
index 068d3aa9652..50633c5630a 100644
--- a/community/py-greenlet/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/py-greenlet/APKBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ builddir="$srcdir/$_pkgname-$pkgver"
 
 build() {
 	cd "$builddir"
-	export CFLAGS="-O0" CPPFLAGS="-O0" CXXFLAGS="-O0"
+	case "$CARCH" in
+	mips*) ;;
+	*) export CFLAGS="-O0" CPPFLAGS="-O0" CXXFLAGS="-O0" ;;
+	esac
 	python2 setup.py build
 	python3 setup.py build
 }