diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad9083f79c5780741b3f47db788969cfb6497b76..1024004616163d617e8b62089258c6ade3940417 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ libbfps = Extension(
         sources = ['bfps/cpp/' + fname + '.cpp' for fname in src_file_list],
         include_dirs = include_dirs,
         libraries = libraries,
+        extra_compile_args = ['-mtune=native', '-ffast-math'],
         library_dirs = [os.path.join(local_install_dir, 'lib'),
                         os.path.join(local_install_dir, 'lib64')])