diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ef5d7d6b..26103e4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker-practice/actions-setup-docker@0.0.1
       - name: Login to quay
         run: echo ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TESTING_PASSWORD }} | sudo docker login -u ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TESTING_USERNAME }} --password-stdin quay.io
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y upx
       - name: Tests
-        run: sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" env "TEST_DOCKER_IMAGE=${{ secrets.DOCKER_TESTING_IMAGE }}" env "UNIT_TEST_DOCKER_IMAGE=$TEST_DOCKER_IMAGE" make deps multiarch-build test-integration test-coverage
+        run: |
+              sudo -E \
+                    env "PATH=$PATH" \
+                    env "TEST_DOCKER_IMAGE=${{ secrets.DOCKER_TESTING_IMAGE }}" \
+                    env "UNIT_TEST_DOCKER_IMAGE=${{ secrets.DOCKER_TESTING_IMAGE }}" \
+                    make deps multiarch-build-small test-integration test-coverage
       - name: Build
-        run: sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" make multiarch-build && sudo chmod -R 777 release/
+        run: sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" make multiarch-build-small && sudo chmod -R 777 release/
       - name: Release
         uses: fnkr/github-action-ghr@v1
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ee352a0b..0944beaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: setup-docker
       uses: docker-practice/actions-setup-docker@0.0.1
+    - name: Install deps
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y upx
     - name: Tests
-      run: sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" make deps multiarch-build test-integration test-coverage
+      run: sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" make deps multiarch-build-small test-integration test-coverage
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f0ca924f..4a9d9690 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ test-docker:
 				--workdir /go/src/github.com/mudler/luet -ti golang:latest \
 				bash -c "make test"
 
-.PHONY: multiarch-build
 multiarch-build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 gox $(BUILD_PLATFORMS) -ldflags '$(LDFLAGS)' -output="release/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)-{{.OS}}-{{.Arch}}"
+
+multiarch-build-small:
+	@$(MAKE) LDFLAGS+="-s -w" multiarch-build
+	for file in $(ROOT_DIR)/release/* ; do \
+		upx --brute -1 $${file} ; \
+	done
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