diff --git a/PCbuild/_freeze_module.vcxproj b/PCbuild/_freeze_module.vcxproj
index 11a6a87daf91b7..da9d96255def65 100644
--- a/PCbuild/_freeze_module.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/_freeze_module.vcxproj
@@ -89,10 +89,13 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED;Py_BUILD_CORE;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;ws2_32.lib;pathcch.lib;bcrypt.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>Default</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>