diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f82d456..7c52f38b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ project(falco)
 option(USE_BUNDLED_DEPS "Bundle hard to find dependencies into the Falco binary" OFF)
 option(BUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Enable building with -Wextra -Werror flags" OFF)
 option(MINIMAL_BUILD "Build a minimal version of Falco, containing only the engine and basic input/output" OFF)
+option(MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD "Enable if you want a musl optimized build" OFF)
 
 # Elapsed time
 # set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE "${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E time") # TODO(fntlnz, leodido): add a flag to enable this
@@ -55,7 +56,11 @@ if(MINIMAL_BUILD)
   set(MINIMAL_BUILD_FLAGS "-DMINIMAL_BUILD")
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_COMMON_FLAGS "-Wall -ggdb ${DRAIOS_FEATURE_FLAGS} ${MINIMAL_BUILD_FLAGS}")
+if(MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD)
+  set(MUSL_FLAGS "-static -Os -D__NEED_struct_timespec -D__NEED_time_t")
+endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_COMMON_FLAGS "-Wall -ggdb ${DRAIOS_FEATURE_FLAGS} ${MINIMAL_BUILD_FLAGS} ${MUSL_FLAGS}")
 
 if(BUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
   set(CMAKE_SUPPRESSED_WARNINGS
diff --git a/cmake/modules/sysdig.cmake b/cmake/modules/sysdig.cmake
index c06ca541..3f4239a7 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/sysdig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/sysdig.cmake
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ if(USE_BUNDLED_DEPS)
   set(USE_BUNDLED_JQ ON)
 endif()
 
-if(MINIMAL_BUILD)
-  set(MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD ON)
-endif()
-
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${SYSDIG_CMAKE_WORKING_DIR})
 
 # The sysdig git reference (branch name, commit hash, or tag) To update sysdig version for the next release, change the
@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@ file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${SYSDIG_CMAKE_WORKING_DIR})
 # -DSYSDIG_VERSION=dev ..`
 if(NOT SYSDIG_VERSION)
   set(SYSDIG_VERSION "build/stripped") # todo(leogr): set the correct version and checksum before merging
-  set(SYSDIG_CHECKSUM "SHA256=653a2e665b3a0ac2cafac07debaa779dc65113f9308f4e4e4ff3d5c9582836d3")
+  set(SYSDIG_CHECKSUM "SHA256=c6df1bf9e9846bd44adbb74861d2479ac5ba59745faf33d650fd9ece24445d27")
 endif()
 set(PROBE_VERSION "${SYSDIG_VERSION}")
 
@@ -61,6 +57,9 @@ add_subdirectory("${SYSDIG_SOURCE_DIR}/driver" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/driver")
 # Add libscap directory
 add_definitions(-D_GNU_SOURCE)
 add_definitions(-DHAS_CAPTURE)
+if(MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD)
+  add_definitions(-DMUSL_OPTIMIZED)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory("${SYSDIG_SOURCE_DIR}/userspace/libscap" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/userspace/libscap")
 
 # Add libsinsp directory