diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd909fa4d..f19541928 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 
 apidocs
 build
+minsize
diff --git a/scripts/minsize.sh b/scripts/minsize.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0e3bc58aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/minsize.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+cwd="$(dirname $0)"
+
+mkdir -p "$cwd/../minsize"
+cd "$cwd/../minsize"
+
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -flto" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -flto"
+
+cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
+make -j$(nproc)