diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d60edad..9ee87d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ serde_yaml_ng = "0.10"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))'.dependencies]
 openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
+
+[profile.release]
+strip = true
+lto = "thin"