diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile
index 045f5f7d68ab..13f1e8b9ac52 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
 endif
 
 turbostat : turbostat.c
-override CFLAGS +=	-Wall -I../../../include
+override CFLAGS +=	-O2 -Wall -I../../../include
 override CFLAGS +=	-DMSRHEADER='"../../../../arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h"'
 override CFLAGS +=	-DINTEL_FAMILY_HEADER='"../../../../arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h"'
+override CFLAGS +=	-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 
 %: %.c
 	@mkdir -p $(BUILD_OUTPUT)
diff --git a/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/Makefile b/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/Makefile
index 1fdeef864e7c..666b325a62a2 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
 endif
 
 x86_energy_perf_policy : x86_energy_perf_policy.c
-override CFLAGS +=	-Wall -I../../../include
+override CFLAGS +=	-O2 -Wall -I../../../include
 override CFLAGS +=	-DMSRHEADER='"../../../../arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h"'
+override CFLAGS +=	-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 
 %: %.c
 	@mkdir -p $(BUILD_OUTPUT)