diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e77ffc..02a9110 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ parking_lot = "0.12.3"
 syslog_msg_ipc = { version = "0.1.0", path = "syslog_msg_ipc" }
 syslog_rpc = { version = "0.1.0", path = "syslog_rpc" }
 syslog_structs = { version = "0.1.0", path = "syslog_structs" }
+
+[profile.release]
+strip = true
+lto = true
+opt-level = "s"