diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bfe157eb..97bdc4b5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RUN mkdir /tmp/python && cd /tmp/python && \
     wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz && \
     tar -xzf Python-*.tgz && rm -f Python-*.tgz && \
     cd Python-* && \
-    ./configure --enable-shared && \
+    ./configure --enable-shared --enable-optimizations --with-lto && \
     make altinstall && \
     echo /usr/local/lib > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf && ldconfig && \
     cd / && rm -rf /tmp/pyton