diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1876d6b85..de6625f50 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ option(ENABLE_ASSERTIONS "Use assertions in release mode" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING "Use debug logging in release mode" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Build with coverage instrumentalisation" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_SANITIZER "Use memory sanitizer for Debug build" OFF)
-option(ENABLE_LTO "Use LTO if available" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_LTO "Use LTO if available" ON)
 option(ENABLE_FUZZING "Fuzz testing using LLVM's libFuzzer" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_NODE_BINDINGS "Build NodeJs bindings" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Enables clang-tidy checks" OFF)