diff --git a/conf/armv7l/portage/env/dev-libs-gmime.conf b/conf/armv7l/portage/env/dev-libs-gmime.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ea9a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/armv7l/portage/env/dev-libs-gmime.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CFLAGS="-O1 -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon ${FPUABI}"
+CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
diff --git a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
index 70f20e3..df62134 100644
--- a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
+++ b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ www-client/chromium neon.conf
 # force MAKEOPTS="-j1"
 x11-libs/cairo makeopts-j1.conf
 sys-libs/talloc makeopts-j1.conf
+
+# force -O1 for dev-libs/gmime
+# {standard input}: Assembler messages:
+# {standard input}:1034: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section} - `.LPIC19' {*UND* section}
+dev-libs/gmime dev-libs-gmime.conf