diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 0584e1b4..1ffba3d6 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [alias]
-xtask = "run --package xtask --"
+xtask = "run --release --package xtask --"
 
 [target.armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabi]
 linker = "arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc"