diff --git a/dist-build/ios.sh b/dist-build/ios.sh
index cd042d0c..3ebc5f32 100755
--- a/dist-build/ios.sh
+++ b/dist-build/ios.sh
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ export PATH="${BASEDIR}/usr/bin:$BASEDIR/usr/sbin:$PATH"
 export SDK="${BASEDIR}/SDKs/iPhoneOS.sdk"
 
 ## 32-bit iOS
-export CFLAGS="-O2 -mthumb -arch armv7 -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN}"
-export LDFLAGS="-mthumb -arch armv7 -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN}"
+export CFLAGS="-fembed-bitcode -O2 -mthumb -arch armv7 -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN}"
+export LDFLAGS="-fembed-bitcode -mthumb -arch armv7 -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN}"
 
 make distclean > /dev/null
 
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ make distclean > /dev/null
 make -j3 install || exit 1
 
 ## 32-bit armv7s iOS
-export CFLAGS="-O2 -mthumb -arch armv7s -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN}"
-export LDFLAGS="-mthumb -arch armv7s -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN}"
+export CFLAGS="-fembed-bitcode -O2 -mthumb -arch armv7s -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN}"
+export LDFLAGS="-fembed-bitcode -mthumb -arch armv7s -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN}"
 
 make distclean > /dev/null
 
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ make distclean > /dev/null
 make -j3 install || exit 1
 
 ## 64-bit iOS
-export CFLAGS="-O2 -arch arm64 -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN} -fembed-bitcode"
-export LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN} -fembed-bitcode"
+export CFLAGS="-fembed-bitcode -O2 -arch arm64 -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN} -fembed-bitcode"
+export LDFLAGS="-fembed-bitcode -arch arm64 -isysroot ${SDK} -mios-version-min=${IOS_VERSION_MIN} -fembed-bitcode"
 
 make distclean > /dev/null