diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e28ae07..47a1d01 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET OFF)
 # the source. See exampleConfig.h.in for some more details.
 project(shared-state VERSION 0.0.0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
+endif()
+
 option( SS_STAT_FILE_LOCKING
         "Enable shared-state network statistics file locking"
         OFF )
@@ -25,6 +30,23 @@ option( SS_CPPTRACE_STACKTRACE
          our implementation"
         ON )
 
+option(SS_STATIC_LIBSTDCPP "Statically link libstdc++" ON)
+option(SS_STRIP_SYMBOLS "Strip unused symbols from binary" ON)
+
+set(OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS
+    "-O3"                         # Aggressive optimization
+    "-ffunction-sections"         # Place each function in its own section
+    "-fdata-sections"            # Place each data item in its own section
+    "-fvisibility=hidden"        # Hide symbols by default
+    "-fvisibility-inlines-hidden" # Hide inline function symbols
+)
+set(LINKER_FLAGS
+    "-Wl,--gc-sections"
+    "-Wl,--as-needed"
+)
+if(SS_STATIC_LIBSTDCPP)
+    list(APPEND LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libstdc++")
+endif()
 
 set(LIBRARY_SOURCES
     src/accept_operation.cc
@@ -130,12 +152,14 @@ set(CLI_SOURCES
 add_library(${LIBRARY_NAME} OBJECT ${LIBRARY_SOURCES})
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 # TODO: check if coroutines support has been added to target_compile_features()
-target_compile_options(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC "-fcoroutines")
+target_compile_options(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC "-fcoroutines" ${OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS})
+target_link_options(${LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC ${LINKER_FLAGS})
 
 add_executable(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} ${CLI_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE ${LIBRARY_NAME})
 # TODO: check if coroutines support has been added to target_compile_features()
-target_compile_options(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE "-fcoroutines")
+target_compile_options(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE "-fcoroutines" ${OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS})
+target_link_options(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} PRIVATE ${LINKER_FLAGS})
 
 set_target_properties(
     ${LIBRARY_NAME} ${EXECUTABLE_NAME}
@@ -145,6 +169,28 @@ set_target_properties(
         #CXX_EXTENSIONS YES
 )
 
+if(SS_STRIP_SYMBOLS)
+    if(NOT CMAKE_STRIP)
+        # Tomamos el path del compilador C (gcc o clang usado por OpenWrt)
+        get_filename_component(TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}" DIRECTORY)
+        get_filename_component(TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}" NAME_WE) # nombre sin extensión
+    
+        # Reemplazamos el "gcc" por "strip" para deducir la ruta correcta
+        string(REPLACE "gcc" "strip" TOOLCHAIN_STRIP "${TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR}/${TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}")
+    
+        if(EXISTS "${TOOLCHAIN_STRIP}")
+            set(CMAKE_STRIP "${TOOLCHAIN_STRIP}" CACHE FILEPATH "Path to toolchain strip" FORCE)
+            message(STATUS "Using toolchain strip: ${CMAKE_STRIP}")
+            add_custom_command(TARGET ${EXECUTABLE_NAME} POST_BUILD
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} --strip-unneeded $<TARGET_FILE:${EXECUTABLE_NAME}>
+            COMMENT "Stripping unused symbols from ${EXECUTABLE_NAME}")
+        else()
+            message(WARNING "No toolchain strip found at ${TOOLCHAIN_STRIP}, will skip stripping")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
+endif()
+
 install(TARGETS ${LIBRARY_NAME} ${EXECUTABLE_NAME} )
 
 # Optional IPO/LTO. Do not enable them if it's not supported by compiler.