diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cbf9037499..4bf27fb030 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ include(CMakeDependentOption)
 include(CheckSymbolExists)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
-# Build mold itself using mold if -DMOLD_USE_MOLD=ON
-option(MOLD_USE_MOLD "Use mold to build mold" OFF)
-if(MOLD_USE_MOLD)
-  add_link_options(-fuse-ld=mold -Wl,--gdb-index)
-endif()
-
 add_executable(mold)
 target_compile_features(mold PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
 
@@ -65,11 +59,23 @@ else()
   target_link_libraries(mold PRIVATE ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 endif()
 
+# Build mold itself using mold if -DMOLD_USE_MOLD=ON
+option(MOLD_USE_MOLD "Use mold to build mold" OFF)
+if(MOLD_USE_MOLD)
+  target_link_options(mold PRIVATE -fuse-ld=mold -Wl,--gdb-index)
+
+  if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
+    target_link_options(mold PRIVATE -Wl,--gc-sections,--icf=safe)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 if(NOT "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
   target_compile_options(mold PRIVATE
     -fno-exceptions
     -fno-unwind-tables
     -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
+    -ffunction-sections
+    -fdata-sections
     -Wall
     -Wextra
     -Wno-sign-compare
diff --git a/dist.sh b/dist.sh
index 1137feaadd..d5b478b441 100755
--- a/dist.sh
+++ b/dist.sh
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ cd /build
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DMOLD_MOSTLY_STATIC=On /mold
 cmake --build . -j\$(nproc)
 mv mold mold2
+cmake -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS='-Wl,--gc-sections,--icf=safe' .
 ./mold2 -run cmake --build . -j\$(nproc)
 ctest -j\$(nproc)
 cmake --install . --prefix $dest --strip