diff --git a/community/emacs/APKBUILD b/community/emacs/APKBUILD
index c9ea57a3cd0..652ee82b285 100644
--- a/community/emacs/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/emacs/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Contributor: Timo Teräs <timo.teras@iki.fi>
 pkgname=emacs
 pkgver=28.1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="The extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor"
 arch="all"
 depends="emacs-nox"
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ _build_variant() {
 		--with-json \
 		--with-native-compilation \
 		"${@}"
-	make
+	# precompile emacs .el files to not compile at startup
+	make NATIVE_FULL_AOT=1
 }
 
 _build_x11() {