diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 70e6708a2f9e9982be15ea65b3023b7d05bbf602..fb0884e83ff53c50abd28dfd091757a62e2eedbd 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def AddOptions(opts):
         from SCons.Options.EnumOption import EnumOption
     opts.Add(EnumOption('build', 'build type', 'debug',
                         allowed_values=('debug', 'checked', 'profile',
-                                        'release')))
+                                        'release', 'opt')))
     opts.Add(BoolOption('verbose', 'verbose output', 'no'))
     opts.Add(EnumOption('machine', 'use machine-specific assembly code',
                         default_machine,
diff --git a/scons/gallium.py b/scons/gallium.py
index 5fc082d14290b3d8af15e83aa81a3e7144480d04..7260daa291e4b710d961e25a86de288084e8483d 100755
--- a/scons/gallium.py
+++ b/scons/gallium.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def generate(env):
         if env['build'] == 'profile':
             env['debug'] = False
             env['profile'] = True
-        if env['build'] == 'release':
+        if env['build'] in ('release', 'opt'):
             env['debug'] = False
             env['profile'] = False
 
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ def generate(env):
         cppdefines += ['NDEBUG']
     if env['build'] == 'profile':
         cppdefines += ['PROFILE']
+    if env['build'] in ('opt', 'profile'):
+        cppdefines += ['VMX86_STATS']
     if env['platform'] in ('posix', 'linux', 'freebsd', 'darwin'):
         cppdefines += [
             '_POSIX_SOURCE',
@@ -450,7 +452,7 @@ def generate(env):
             ccflags += [
                 '/O2', # optimize for speed
             ]
-        if env['build'] == 'release':
+        if env['build'] in ('release', 'opt'):
             if not env['clang']:
                 ccflags += [
                     '/GL', # enable whole program optimization
@@ -561,7 +563,7 @@ def generate(env):
             shlinkflags += ['-Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup']
             #shlinkflags += ['-Wl,--kill-at']
     if msvc:
-        if env['build'] == 'release' and not env['clang']:
+        if env['build'] in ('release', 'opt') and not env['clang']:
             # enable Link-time Code Generation
             linkflags += ['/LTCG']
             env.Append(ARFLAGS = ['/LTCG'])
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen.c
index 7567af778927f02d7af22de0cd3c79094772786e..80d25cfe9e2a81721555ecbd4598ec1264d17e7f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen.c
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ svga_get_name( struct pipe_screen *pscreen )
     */
    build = "build: DEBUG;";
    mutex = "mutex: " PIPE_ATOMIC ";";
+#elif defined(VMX86_STATS)
+   build = "build: OPT;";
 #else
    build = "build: RELEASE;";
 #endif