diff --git a/community/benchmark/PKGBUILD b/community/benchmark/PKGBUILD
index 1e49086d5..1b6295d30 100644
--- a/community/benchmark/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/benchmark/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 pkgname=benchmark
 pkgver=1.5.1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="A microbenchmark support library"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://github.com/google/benchmark"
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ build() {
 
   cmake \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -DNDEBUG" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \