diff --git a/platform/android/detect.py b/platform/android/detect.py
index 49b66b12420..9b654d64ef7 100644
--- a/platform/android/detect.py
+++ b/platform/android/detect.py
@@ -193,8 +193,11 @@ def configure(env):
 
     if env["target"].startswith("release"):
         if env["optimize"] == "speed":  # optimize for speed (default)
-            env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-O2"])
-            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-O2", "-fomit-frame-pointer"])
+            # `-O2` is more friendly to debuggers than `-O3`, leading to better crash backtraces
+            # when using `target=release_debug`.
+            opt = "-O3" if env["target"] == "release" else "-O2"
+            env.Append(LINKFLAGS=[opt])
+            env.Append(CCFLAGS=[opt, "-fomit-frame-pointer"])
         elif env["optimize"] == "size":  # optimize for size
             env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Os"])
             env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-Os"])
diff --git a/platform/iphone/detect.py b/platform/iphone/detect.py
index e292d6a514f..1dd6eab223a 100644
--- a/platform/iphone/detect.py
+++ b/platform/iphone/detect.py
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ def configure(env):
     if env["target"].startswith("release"):
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["NDEBUG", ("NS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS", 1)])
         if env["optimize"] == "speed":  # optimize for speed (default)
-            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-O2", "-ftree-vectorize", "-fomit-frame-pointer"])
-            env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-O2"])
+            # `-O2` is more friendly to debuggers than `-O3`, leading to better crash backtraces
+            # when using `target=release_debug`.
+            opt = "-O3" if env["target"] == "release" else "-O2"
+            env.Append(CCFLAGS=[opt, "-ftree-vectorize", "-fomit-frame-pointer"])
+            env.Append(LINKFLAGS=[opt])
         elif env["optimize"] == "size":  # optimize for size
             env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Os", "-ftree-vectorize"])
             env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-Os"])