diff --git a/.github/workflows/ops.yaml b/.github/workflows/ops.yaml
index cd78234..6bd41ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ops.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ops.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
       - src/sharedbox/_native/**
       - src/sharedbox/benchmarks/ops.py
       - .github/workflows/ops.yaml
+      - CMakeLists.txt
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 64b4635..b772cd6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ nanobind_add_module(_native
     STABLE_ABI
     FREE_THREADED
     LTO
+    NOMINSIZE
     NB_DOMAIN sharedbox
     src/sharedbox/_native/codec.cpp
     src/sharedbox/_native/collection.cpp
diff --git a/changelog.d/79.changed.md b/changelog.d/79.changed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12ee9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/79.changed.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The extension is compiled for speed instead of size. Writing a `list`, `set`
+or `dict` field, and reading, indexing or looking up a `BoundedList` or
+`BoundedSet`, take less time. The wheels are about 75 KB larger on Linux and
+17 KB larger on Windows.