diff --git a/src/template/linux b/src/template/linux
index 529da9c169..0a7f313a83 100644
--- a/src/template/linux
+++ b/src/template/linux
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"
+
 # Force _GNU_SOURCE on; plperl is broken with Perl 5.8.0 otherwise
 CPPFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE"