diff --git a/.cargo/config b/.cargo/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eec48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[target.armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf]
+linker = "arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc"
+
+[target.armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf]
+linker = "arm-linux-musleabihf-gcc"
+
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
+
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-musl]
+linker = "aarch64-linux-musl-gcc"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-cli.yml b/.github/workflows/release-cli.yml
index b03fd6b..d4c550a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-cli.yml
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           rustup toolchain install --profile minimal --no-self-update stable
           rustup default stable
+          rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
 
       - name: Install cross
         if: matrix.cross
@@ -225,10 +226,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tool: cross
 
-      - name: Install host target
-        if: "!matrix.cross"
-        run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
-
       - name: Build (cargo)
         if: "!matrix.cross"
         run: cargo build --package watchexec-cli --release --locked --target ${{ matrix.target }}
@@ -244,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
           ext=""
           [[ "${{ matrix.name }}" == windows-* ]] && ext=".exe"
           bin="target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/watchexec${ext}"
-          objcopy --compress-debug-sections "$bin" || strip "$bin" || true
+          objcopy --compress-debug-sections "$bin" || true
 
           mkdir "$dst"
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df69618..7ce9b4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [profile.release]
+lto = true
 debug = 1 # for stack traces
-lto = "fat"
 codegen-units = 1
+strip = "symbols"
+
+[profile.dev.build-override]
+opt-level = 0
+codegen-units = 1024
+debug = false
+debug-assertions = false
+overflow-checks = false
+incremental = false
+
+[profile.release.build-override]
+opt-level = 0
+codegen-units = 1024
+debug = false
+debug-assertions = false
+overflow-checks = false
+incremental = false