diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index fe26b9b0edcd..6d227bd9f56e 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ ar = "x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-ar"
 # enabled for the target, so let's turn that on here.
 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
 rustflags = "-C target-feature=+crt-static"
+
+[aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+rustflags = ["-C", "linker-plugin-lto", "-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]
+
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccc935819db5..597bcca7cb90 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ members = [
   "wezterm-gui",
   "wezterm-mux-server",
   "wezterm-open-url",
-  "wezterm-ssh"
+  "wezterm-ssh",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
-exclude = [
-  "termwiz/codegen"
-]
+exclude = ["termwiz/codegen"]
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
 # debug = 2
+lto = "fat"
+codegen-units = 1
 
 [profile.dev]
 # https://jakedeichert.com/blog/reducing-rust-incremental-compilation-times-on-macos-by-70-percent/
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ opt-level = 3
 #split-debuginfo = "unpacked"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
+xcb = { git = "https://github.com/rust-x-bindings/rust-xcb", rev = "dbdaa01c178c6fbe68bd51b7ad44c08172181083" } # waiting on a release with https://github.com/rust-x-bindings/rust-xcb/pull/230
+
 # We use our own vendored cairo, which has minimal deps and should just
 # build via cargo.
-cairo-sys-rs = {path="deps/cairo", version="0.18.0"}
+cairo-sys-rs = { path = "deps/cairo", version = "0.18.0" }