Makefile | 4 ++++

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 383f9849f4581d49b356989f6beb32b15ccbffdc..97f22ab31b116e479d2cc2fc7f48eeacb1874a15 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ 	curl -XPOST 'https://uploads.github.com/repos/jarun/nnn/releases/$(ID)/assets?name=nnn-$(VERSION).tar.gz.sig' \
 	    -H 'Authorization: token $(NNN_SIG_UPLOAD_TOKEN)' -H 'Content-Type: application/pgp-signature' \
 	    --upload-file nnn-$(VERSION).tar.gz.sig
 	tar -zcf $(BIN)-static-$(VERSION).x86_64.tar.gz $(BIN)-static
+	# upx compress all static binaries
+	upx -qqq $(BIN)-static
+	upx -qqq $(BIN)-icons-static
+	upx -qqq $(BIN)-nerd-static
 	# upload static binary
 	curl -XPOST 'https://uploads.github.com/repos/jarun/nnn/releases/$(ID)/assets?name=$(BIN)-static-$(VERSION).x86_64.tar.gz' \
 	    -H 'Authorization: token $(NNN_SIG_UPLOAD_TOKEN)' -H 'Content-Type: application/x-sharedlib' \