diff --git a/src/Compiler/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj b/src/Compiler/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
index 54f68ef21d1..ecf060a63ef 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
+++ b/src/Compiler/FSharp.Compiler.Service.fsproj
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <FsYaccOutputFolder>$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(TargetFramework)\</FsYaccOutputFolder>
     <FsLexOutputFolder>$(IntermediateOutputPath)$(TargetFramework)\</FsLexOutputFolder>
     <EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems>false</EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Compiler.Service dll provides a referencable public interface for tool builders -->
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Build/FSharp.Build.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Build/FSharp.Build.fsproj
index ff97e84dad5..0b477a0c387 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Build/FSharp.Build.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Build/FSharp.Build.fsproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <NoWarn>NU1701;FS0075</NoWarn>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <LangVersion>7.0</LangVersion>  <!-- FSharp.Build may run in Visual Studio with older FSharp.Cores so don't use unshipped features -->
-    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Proto</Configurations>  <!-- FSharp.Build may run in Visual Studio with older FSharp.Cores so don't use unshipped features -->
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Proto;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>  <!-- FSharp.Build may run in Visual Studio with older FSharp.Cores so don't use unshipped features -->
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Build dll does not provide a referencable public interface although it's used for testing -->
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.fsproj
index 890d9970bda..8c159c34f01 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings/FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.fsproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings</AssemblyName>
     <AllowCrossTargeting>true</AllowCrossTargeting>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings dll provides a referencable public interface to tool builders  -->
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Core/FSharp.Core.fsproj b/src/FSharp.Core/FSharp.Core.fsproj
index 396618bb65d..cf267f6f914 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Core/FSharp.Core.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.Core/FSharp.Core.fsproj
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
     <PackageDescription>FSharp.Core redistributables from F# Tools version $(FSProductVersionPrefix) For F# $(FSLanguageVersion).  Contains code from the F# Software Foundation.</PackageDescription>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>/blob/main/release-notes.md#FSharp-Core-$(FSCoreReleaseNotesVersion)</PackageReleaseNotes>
-    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Proto</Configurations>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Proto;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.Core dll provides a referencable public interface -->
diff --git a/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.fsproj b/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.fsproj
index c0d27860b6b..3d15f45e103 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.fsproj
+++ b/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.fsproj
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);COMPILER</DefineConstants>
     <OtherFlags>$(OtherFlags) --warnon:1182</OtherFlags>
     <Tailcalls>true</Tailcalls> <!-- .tail annotations always emitted for this binary, even in debug mode -->
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--  The FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget dll does not provide a referencable public interface although it's used for testing -->
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.fsproj b/src/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.fsproj
index f3c8aba808a..522a1bdb4e4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.fsproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.fsproj
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\fsi\fsiProject\fsi.fsproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\fsc\fscProject\fsc.fsproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\fsi\fsiProject\fsi.fsproj">
+        <AdditionalProperties>Configuration=ReleaseCompressed;CompressAllMetadata=true</AdditionalProperties>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\fsc\fscProject\fsc.fsproj">
+        <AdditionalProperties>Configuration=ReleaseCompressed;CompressAllMetadata=true</AdditionalProperties>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.nuspec b/src/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.nuspec
index c87a70d9d62..be51b9e7966 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.nuspec
+++ b/src/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler/Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.nuspec
@@ -26,33 +26,33 @@
             this approach gives a very small deployment. Which is kind of necessary.
         -->
         <!-- assemblies -->
-        <file src="fsc\$Configuration$\net7.0\fsc.dll"                                                     target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="fsi\$Configuration$\net7.0\fsi.dll"                                                     target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Core\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Core.dll"                             target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Core\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Core.xml"                             target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Service\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Compiler.Service.dll"     target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Build.dll"                           target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget\$configuration$\netstandard2.0\FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.dll"
+        <file src="fsc\ReleaseCompressed\net7.0\fsc.dll"                                                     target="lib\net7.0" />
+        <file src="fsi\ReleaseCompressed\net7.0\fsi.dll"                                                     target="lib\net7.0" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Core\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Core.dll"                             target="lib\net7.0" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Core\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Core.xml"                             target="lib\net7.0" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Service\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Compiler.Service.dll"     target="lib\net7.0" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Build.dll"                           target="lib\net7.0" />
+        <file src="FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.dll"
                                                                                                            target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.dll"
+        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.dll"
                                                                                                            target="lib\net7.0" />
 
         <!-- additional files -->
-        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Service\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\default.win32manifest"           target="contentFiles\any\any" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.FSharp.Targets"                   target="contentFiles\any\any" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.Portable.FSharp.Targets"          target="contentFiles\any\any" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.FSharp.NetSdk.props"              target="contentFiles\any\any" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.FSharp.NetSdk.targets"            target="contentFiles\any\any" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.FSharp.Overrides.NetSdk.targets"  target="contentFiles\any\any" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Service\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\default.win32manifest"           target="contentFiles\any\any" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.FSharp.Targets"                   target="contentFiles\any\any" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.Portable.FSharp.Targets"          target="contentFiles\any\any" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.FSharp.NetSdk.props"              target="contentFiles\any\any" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.FSharp.NetSdk.targets"            target="contentFiles\any\any" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.FSharp.Overrides.NetSdk.targets"  target="contentFiles\any\any" />
 
         <!-- resources -->
-        <file src="FSharp.Core\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.Core.resources.dll"                target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Service\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.Compiler.Service.resources.dll"
+        <file src="FSharp.Core\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.Core.resources.dll"                target="lib\net7.0" />
+        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Service\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.Compiler.Service.resources.dll"
                                                                                                            target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.resources.dll"
+        <file src="FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Settings.resources.dll"
                                                                                                            target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.Build.resources.dll"              target="lib\net7.0" />
-        <file src="FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget\$configuration$\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.resources.dll"
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.Build.resources.dll"              target="lib\net7.0" />
+        <file src="FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\**\FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget.resources.dll"
                                                                                                            target="lib\net7.0" />
         <file src="$artifactsPackagesDir$Shipping\FSharp.Core.$fSharpCorePreviewPackageVersion$*nupkg"     target="contentFiles\Shipping" />
         <file src="$artifactsPackagesDir$Release\FSharp.Core.$fSharpCorePackageVersion$*nupkg"             target="contentFiles\Release" />
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@
                                                                                                            target="contentFiles\Shipping" />
         <file src="$artifactsPackagesDir$Release\FSharp.Compiler.Service.$fSharpCompilerServicePackageVersion$*nupkg"
                                                                                                            target="contentFiles\Release" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\Shipping\Microsoft.FSharp.Core.NetSdk.props"
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\Shipping\Microsoft.FSharp.Core.NetSdk.props"
                                                                                                            target="contentFiles\Shipping" />
-        <file src="FSharp.Build\$Configuration$\netstandard2.0\Release\Microsoft.FSharp.Core.NetSdk.props"
+        <file src="FSharp.Build\ReleaseCompressed\netstandard2.0\Release\Microsoft.FSharp.Core.NetSdk.props"
                                                                                                            target="contentFiles\Release" />
     </files>
 </package>
diff --git a/src/fsc/fscAnyCpuProject/fscAnyCpu.fsproj b/src/fsc/fscAnyCpuProject/fscAnyCpu.fsproj
index 9b0de73dd99..b792e01777d 100644
--- a/src/fsc/fscAnyCpuProject/fscAnyCpu.fsproj
+++ b/src/fsc/fscAnyCpuProject/fscAnyCpu.fsproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <PlatformTarget>anycpu</PlatformTarget>
     <TargetExt>.exe</TargetExt>
     <ExcludeFromSourceBuild>true</ExcludeFromSourceBuild>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('fsc.targets', '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../'))" />
diff --git a/src/fsc/fscArm64Project/fscArm64.fsproj b/src/fsc/fscArm64Project/fscArm64.fsproj
index 08265c05de1..a87677d9f55 100644
--- a/src/fsc/fscArm64Project/fscArm64.fsproj
+++ b/src/fsc/fscArm64Project/fscArm64.fsproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <PlatformTarget>arm64</PlatformTarget>
     <TargetExt>.exe</TargetExt>
     <ExcludeFromSourceBuild>true</ExcludeFromSourceBuild>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('fsc.targets', '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../'))" />
diff --git a/src/fsc/fscProject/fsc.fsproj b/src/fsc/fscProject/fsc.fsproj
index 9172eefa5c0..02a0be9db52 100644
--- a/src/fsc/fscProject/fsc.fsproj
+++ b/src/fsc/fscProject/fsc.fsproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Unix'">net472;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Unix'">net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <PlatformTarget Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">x86</PlatformTarget>
-    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Proto</Configurations>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Proto;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(BUILD_PROTO)' == 'true'">
diff --git a/src/fsi/fsiAnyCpuProject/fsiAnyCpu.fsproj b/src/fsi/fsiAnyCpuProject/fsiAnyCpu.fsproj
index 9f71fce7692..a77d45ffeec 100644
--- a/src/fsi/fsiAnyCpuProject/fsiAnyCpu.fsproj
+++ b/src/fsi/fsiAnyCpuProject/fsiAnyCpu.fsproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <TargetExt>.exe</TargetExt>
     <ExcludeFromSourceBuild>true</ExcludeFromSourceBuild>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FSI_SHADOW_COPY_REFERENCES;FSI_SERVER</DefineConstants>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('fsi.targets', '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../'))" />
diff --git a/src/fsi/fsiArm64Project/fsiArm64.fsproj b/src/fsi/fsiArm64Project/fsiArm64.fsproj
index 3356a42f3f7..6c183d4a611 100644
--- a/src/fsi/fsiArm64Project/fsiArm64.fsproj
+++ b/src/fsi/fsiArm64Project/fsiArm64.fsproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <TargetExt>.exe</TargetExt>
     <ExcludeFromSourceBuild>true</ExcludeFromSourceBuild>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);FSI_SHADOW_COPY_REFERENCES;FSI_SERVER</DefineConstants>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('fsi.targets', '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../'))" />
diff --git a/src/fsi/fsiProject/fsi.fsproj b/src/fsi/fsiProject/fsi.fsproj
index 799fc1362e6..ad09b1b8ee6 100644
--- a/src/fsi/fsiProject/fsi.fsproj
+++ b/src/fsi/fsiProject/fsi.fsproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Unix'">net472;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Unix'">net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <PlatformTarget Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">x86</PlatformTarget>
-    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Proto</Configurations>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Proto;ReleaseCompressed</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(BUILD_PROTO)' == 'true'">