diff --git a/modules/redisearch/Makefile b/modules/redisearch/Makefile
index e301c29a77..dee1ef04cd 100644
--- a/modules/redisearch/Makefile
+++ b/modules/redisearch/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@ MODULE_VERSION = v8.7.90
 MODULE_REPO = https://github.com/redisearch/redisearch
 TARGET_MODULE = $(SRC_DIR)/bin/$(FULL_VARIANT)/search-community/redisearch.so
 
+# Enable link-time optimization for RediSearch by default. Override with LTO=0.
+LTO ?= 1
+export LTO
+
 include ../common.mk