diff --git a/specs/2006.0/x86/stage1.spec b/specs/2006.0/x86/stage1.spec
index dad59d43..30fef957 100644
--- a/specs/2006.0/x86/stage1.spec
+++ b/specs/2006.0/x86/stage1.spec
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default-linux/x86/2006.0
 snapshot: 20060123
 source_subpath: default/stage3-x86-2005.1-r1
+# These are here since our seed stage was gcc 3.3 and did not support -mtune
+cflags: -O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe
+cxxflags: -O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe
diff --git a/specs/2006.0/x86/stage2.spec b/specs/2006.0/x86/stage2.spec
index a1f07c87..412f4f16 100644
--- a/specs/2006.0/x86/stage2.spec
+++ b/specs/2006.0/x86/stage2.spec
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4
 snapshot: 20060123
 source_subpath: default/stage1-x86-2006.0
+# Here we set it back for gcc 3.4
+cflags: -O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe
+cxxflags: -O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe