diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2786a458fdee5ad649df3c2cd1d1fa0996097e87..89989a7b593da7071efcf10ef054786fbc60904b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ EELFSR = $(addsuffix .elf, $(ELFSR))
 all: xargo $(EELFS) $(EELFSR) 
 	
 xargo:
-	xargo build --examples
+	xargo build --examples	
+	xargo build --release --examples	
 		
 %.elf : % 
 	cp $< $@