diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e52f68c..7f530f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,3 +51,10 @@ warp = "0.3"
 [profile.bench-debug]
 inherits = "release"
 debug = true
+
+[profile.release]
+codegen-units = 1 # better optimizations
+lto = true        # better optimizations
+opt-level = 'z'   # Optimize for size
+panic = "abort"   # No unwinding or helpful backtrace
+strip = true      # No debug symbols etc
diff --git a/examples/iot-service/.cargo/config.toml b/examples/iot-service/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee19164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/iot-service/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[target.mipsel-unknown-linux-musl]
+linker = "mipsel-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc"