diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dd2c489d..e2fe78b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@ serde_bytes = "0.11"
 serde_json = "1.0.94"
 tempfile = "3.10.1"
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["full"] }
+
+[profile.release-lto]
+inherits = "release"
+lto = true
+opt-level = "s"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 912bbfc2..e6e004c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ RUN scripts/build-canister.sh ic-btc-canister ${BTC_FEATURES} && \
 RUN if [ -n "$CHUNK_HASHES_PATH" ]; then export CHUNK_HASHES_PATH="$CHUNK_HASHES_PATH"; fi
 
 # Building uploader canister...
-RUN scripts/build-canister.sh uploader && \
-    cp target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/uploader.wasm.gz uploader.wasm.gz
+RUN scripts/build-canister.sh uploader "" "release-lto" && \
+    cp target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release-lto/uploader.wasm.gz uploader.wasm.gz
 
 # Building watchdog canister...
 RUN scripts/build-canister.sh watchdog && \
diff --git a/scripts/build-canister.sh b/scripts/build-canister.sh
index 14e38689..995a001a 100755
--- a/scripts/build-canister.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-canister.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 
 CANISTER=$1
 FEATURES=${2:-}
+PROFILE=${3:-release}
 
 pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
 
@@ -22,10 +23,10 @@ fi
 # that aren't needed in production.
 if [[ -z "$FEATURES" ]]; then
   # No features provided
-  cargo build -p "$CANISTER" --target "$TARGET" --release
+  cargo build -p "$CANISTER" --target "$TARGET" --profile="${PROFILE}"
 else
   # Features provided
-  cargo build -p "$CANISTER" --target "$TARGET" --release --features "$FEATURES"
+  cargo build -p "$CANISTER" --target "$TARGET" --profile="${PROFILE}" --features "$FEATURES"
 fi
 
 # Navigate to root directory.
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ cargo install ic-wasm --version 0.2.0 --root ./target
 STATUS=$?
 if [[ "$STATUS" -eq "0" ]]; then
     ./target/bin/ic-wasm \
-    "./target/$TARGET/release/$CANISTER.wasm" \
-    -o "./target/$TARGET/release/$CANISTER.wasm" shrink
+    "./target/$TARGET/${PROFILE}/$CANISTER.wasm" \
+    -o "./target/$TARGET/${PROFILE}/$CANISTER.wasm" shrink
 
     if [[ "$CANISTER" == "ic-btc-canister" ]]; then
       ./target/bin/ic-wasm \
@@ -58,6 +59,6 @@ else
   false
 fi
 
-gzip -n -f "./target/$TARGET/release/$CANISTER.wasm"
+gzip -n -f "./target/$TARGET/${PROFILE}/$CANISTER.wasm"
 
 popd