diff --git a/examples/mnist/BUILD.bazel b/examples/mnist/BUILD.bazel
index 11ac0c6..22e9d67 100644
--- a/examples/mnist/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/examples/mnist/BUILD.bazel
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ zig_binary(
         "@mnist//:mnist.safetensors",
         "@mnist//:t10k-images.idx3-ubyte",
     ],
+    zigopts = ["-fllvm"],
     main = "mnist.zig",
     deps = [
         "//async",