diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 68740e24f..844a8811d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ package:
 		dragonfly \
 		$(RELEASE_NAME); \
 	tar cvfz $(RELEASE_NAME).tar.gz $(RELEASE_NAME) ../LICENSE.md; \
-	mv dfly_bench dfly_bench-$(BUILD_ARCH); \
+	objcopy \
+		--remove-section=".debug_*" \
+		--remove-section="!.debug_line" \
+		--compress-debug-sections \
+		dfly_bench \
+		dfly_bench-$(BUILD_ARCH); \
 	tar cvfz dfly_bench-$(BUILD_ARCH).tar.gz dfly_bench-$(BUILD_ARCH)
 
 release: configure build