diff --git a/src/nostalgia/player/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nostalgia/player/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cc56c56..66c26844 100644
--- a/src/nostalgia/player/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nostalgia/player/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ add_executable(
 		main.cpp
 )
 
+# enable LTO
+set_property(TARGET nostalgia PROPERTY INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
+
 if(NOSTALGIA_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "GBA")
 	set(NOSTALGIA_PLAYER_DEPS "NostalgiaCore-GBA")
 else()
diff --git a/src/nostalgia/studio/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nostalgia/studio/CMakeLists.txt
index e7149d13..2199ad93 100644
--- a/src/nostalgia/studio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nostalgia/studio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ target_link_libraries(
 		NostalgiaPack
 )
 
+# enable LTO
+set_property(TARGET nostalgia-studio PROPERTY INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
+
 if(APPLE)
 	set_target_properties(nostalgia-studio PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Info.plist)
 endif()