diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/configure_fastr b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/configure_fastr
index 97659502d447823c8ff62bcd4b512560662ee5e6..3f9ccbc691aaeed5fd4615db1b068354092f6620 100755
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/configure_fastr
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/configure_fastr
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ done
 
 ( 
   cd -P "$( dirname "$source" )/../etc"
-  ./configure
+  ./configure --with-x=no --with-aqua=no --enable-memory-profiling FFLAGS=-O2 $@
   ed Makeconf < edMakeconf.etc  
   echo "DONE"
 )