diff --git a/setup_win32.py b/setup_win32.py
index cfb012649..13096217c 100644
--- a/setup_win32.py
+++ b/setup_win32.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ opts = {
         'excludes': [
             'docutils'
         ],
+		  'optimize': 2,
     }
 }