diff --git a/wasm-components/rust/Cargo.toml b/wasm-components/rust/Cargo.toml
index 8e9b29c..adcb4f2 100644
--- a/wasm-components/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm-components/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ resolver = "2"
 serde_json = "1.0.117"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 wit-bindgen = "0.32"
+
+[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      # Automatically strip symbols from the binary.