diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5521e8d8..e232b79d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 export DH_VERBOSE=1
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=optimize=-lto
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel --without python-support