diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3422174..a5af99e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 target = "_fst"
 path = "rust/Cargo.toml"
 binding = "PyO3"
+args = ["--profile", "prod"]
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
 environment = "PIP_ONLY_BINARY=:all: CARGO_HOME=/usr/local/"
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 946af51..f6ae3e0 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ pyo3 = { version = "0.22.1", features = ["extension-module"] }
 fst = "0.4.7"
 ouroboros = "0.18.4"
 
-#[profile.release]
-#strip = true      # Automatically strip symbols from the binary.
-#lto = true        # Enable LTO
-#codegen-units = 1 # Can enable additional optimizations
+[profile.prod]
+inherits = "release"
+strip = true         # Automatically strip symbols from the binary.
+lto = true           # Enable LTO
+codegen-units = 1    # Can enable additional optimizations