diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/env/apache.conf b/conf/intel/portage/env/apache.conf
index 21607f1..cb36a23 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/env/apache.conf
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/env/apache.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # On i686, CFLAGS=-O2 causes runtime failures
 # http://bugs.sabayon.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725
 # http://bugs.sabayon.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2824
-CFLAGS="-O1"
+export CFLAGS="-O1"