--- configure.in.optimize	2007-04-29 19:28:56.000000000 +0200
+++ configure.in	2007-04-29 19:31:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@
 KDE_CREATE_SUBDIRSLIST
 AC_SUBST(USE_RPATH)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(PerlQt/Makefile.PL, [cd PerlQt && perl Makefile.PL && cd ..])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(PerlQt/Makefile.PL, [cd PerlQt && if test -n "$OPTIMIZE"; then perl Makefile.PL "OPTIMIZE=$OPTIMIZE"; else perl Makefile.PL; fi  && cd ..])
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([puic/Makefile])