diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 6523c070ed380..8b82ccf5f8a50 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,11 @@ infer = "0.9.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = "2.0.4"
-rstest = "0.15.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+rstest = "0.15.0"
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 'z'     # Optimize for size
+lto = true          # Enable Link Time Optimization
+codegen-units = 1   # Reduce number of codegen units to increase optimizations
+panic = 'abort'     # Abort on panic
+strip = true        # Strip symbols from binary*