diff --git a/eclass/R-packages.eclass b/eclass/R-packages.eclass
index 9fba5d5c2b..4afcde26f4 100644
--- a/eclass/R-packages.eclass
+++ b/eclass/R-packages.eclass
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ R-packages_src_prepare() {
 
 
 R-packages_src_compile() {
-	MAKEFLAGS="CFLAGS=${CFLAGS// /\\ } CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS// /\\ } FFLAGS=${FFLAGS// /\\ } FCFLAGS=${FCFLAGS// /\\ } LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS// /\\ }" R CMD INSTALL . -l "${WORKDIR} --byte-compile"
+	MAKEFLAGS="CFLAGS=${CFLAGS// /\\ } CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS// /\\ } FFLAGS=${FFLAGS// /\\ } FCFLAGS=${FCFLAGS// /\\ } LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS// /\\ }" R CMD INSTALL . -l "${WORKDIR}" "--byte-compile"
 }
 
 R-packages_src_install() {