diff --git a/cmake/plugin.cmake b/cmake/plugin.cmake
index 05562552def22989ec46377a1ca6e4533d26aa9e..91ed5344588fbaa1d5010739999271a29e31ff95 100644
--- a/cmake/plugin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/plugin.cmake
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ function (_build_openflipper_plugin plugin)
         	CUDA_COMPILE(${_PLUGIN}_CUDA_GENERATED_FILES ${${_PLUGIN}_CUDA_SRCS} OPTIONS -g -G --device-emulation -Xcompiler)
         else()
         	message("Compiling cuda sources in release mode")
-        	CUDA_COMPILE(${_PLUGIN}_CUDA_GENERATED_FILES ${${_PLUGIN}_CUDA_SRCS})
+        	CUDA_COMPILE(${_PLUGIN}_CUDA_GENERATED_FILES ${${_PLUGIN}_CUDA_SRCS} OPTIONS -O2)
         endif()
        
         # Create the library containing all cuda files