diff --git a/srcpkgs/xf86-video-intel/template b/srcpkgs/xf86-video-intel/template
index cb7286a1dd..1f0d3ca158 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xf86-video-intel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xf86-video-intel/template
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ license="MIT"
 #checksum=00b781eea055582820a123c47b62411bdf6aabf4f03dc0568faec55faf9667c9
 
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,lazy"
+CFLAGS="-msse2"
 
 do_fetch() {
 	git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel ${wrksrc}