diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 52e750d4..639fdb8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ edition = "2021"
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
 
+# Don't compile and link debug info; these reduce build times at the
+# cost of not having line numbers in backtraces.
+[profile.dev]
+debug = 0
+strip = "debuginfo"
+
 [dependencies]
 adw = { package = "libadwaita", version = "0.6", features = ["v1_5"] }
 anyhow = "1.0.59"