diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 24dbac2..1f23342 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ priv
 *~
 *.swp
 compile_commands.json
+/.rebar/
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 7ecafcf..cbc3441 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {erl_opts, [debug_info, warn_unused_vars, warn_shadow_vars, warn_unused_import]}.
-{port_sources, ["c_src/*.cc", 
+{port_sources, ["c_src/*.cc",
                 "c_src/snappy/*.cc"]}.
 {port_env, [
-    {"CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -DNDEBUG -std=c++11"},
+    {"CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -DNDEBUG -O3"},
     {"(linux|solaris|freebsd|netbsd|openbsd|dragonfly|darwin)",
      "LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS -lstdc++"}
 ]}.
diff --git a/test/snappy_tests.erl b/test/snappy_tests.erl
index ac39c58..156e0e2 100644
--- a/test/snappy_tests.erl
+++ b/test/snappy_tests.erl
@@ -72,3 +72,14 @@ decompression() ->
     ?assertEqual({ok, BigData}, snappy:decompress(Compressed3)),
     ok.
 
+can_compress_and_decompress_binary_that_triggers_corruption_with_o3_test() ->
+    % triggers a corruption when compiled with -O3, but not with -O0,
+    % on OTP25, 26, 27 at least *and* clang18, but not clang16. GCC to be tested.
+    % See https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=282217 for background.
+    Doc =[<<"00000000-7fffffff">>],
+    {ok, C} = snappy:compress(erlang:term_to_binary(Doc)),
+    true = snappy:is_valid(C),
+    {ok, U} = snappy:decompress(C),
+    New = erlang:binary_to_term(U),
+    ?assertEqual(Doc, New),
+    ok.