diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1eb44d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Build Release
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [ published ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: ref to build binary from
+        required: false
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'frank/build-release'
+
+jobs:
+  build-binary:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        cpu: [ "", "skylake" ]
+    env:
+      RUSTFLAGS: "-C target-cpu=${{ matrix.cpu }}"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
+
+      - name: Install protoc
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler
+          protoc --version
+
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        run: rustup show
+
+      - name: Build Node
+        run: cargo build --profile=production --all
+
+      - name: Save parachain binary
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p build
+          cp target/production/pop-node build/pop-node${{ matrix.cpu != '' && format('-{0}', matrix.cpu) || '' }}
+
+      - name: Upload binary
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: binaries
+          path: build
+
+      - name: Add artifacts to release
+        if: github.event_name == 'release'
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            build/pop-node${{ matrix.cpu != '' && format('-{0}', matrix.cpu) || '' }}
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70257b37..31f1d3b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 [profile.release]
 panic = "unwind"
 
+[profile.production]
+inherits = "release"
+lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
+
 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["R0GUE <go@r0gue.io>"]
 edition = "2021"