diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5ff9e1e1..76c72a71 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 export QT_SELECT := qt5
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=optimize=-lto
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel