diff --git a/framework/meta/src/cargo_toml_contents.rs b/framework/meta/src/cargo_toml_contents.rs
index 0237621924..ea0697c2d2 100644
--- a/framework/meta/src/cargo_toml_contents.rs
+++ b/framework/meta/src/cargo_toml_contents.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ impl CargoTomlContents {
             "panic".to_string(),
             Value::String(contract_profile.panic.to_owned()),
         );
+        profile_props.insert("overflow-checks".to_string(), Value::Boolean(contract_profile.overflow_checks));
 
         let mut toml_table = toml::map::Map::new();
         toml_table.insert("release".to_string(), toml::Value::Table(profile_props));
diff --git a/framework/meta/src/cmd/contract/meta_config.rs b/framework/meta/src/cmd/contract/meta_config.rs
index e5beeac415..36b963e1d6 100644
--- a/framework/meta/src/cmd/contract/meta_config.rs
+++ b/framework/meta/src/cmd/contract/meta_config.rs
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ opt-level = \"z\"
 lto = true
 debug = false
 panic = \"abort\"
+overflow-checks = true
 
 [dependencies.test-crate-name]
 path = \"..\"
diff --git a/framework/meta/src/cmd/contract/sc_config/multi_contract_serde.rs b/framework/meta/src/cmd/contract/sc_config/multi_contract_serde.rs
index e671fb485a..fa733e6597 100644
--- a/framework/meta/src/cmd/contract/sc_config/multi_contract_serde.rs
+++ b/framework/meta/src/cmd/contract/sc_config/multi_contract_serde.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ pub struct ContractVariantProfile {
     pub lto: bool,
     pub debug: bool,
     pub panic: String,
+    pub overflow_checks: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for ContractVariantProfile {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ impl Default for ContractVariantProfile {
             lto: true,
             debug: false,
             panic: "abort".to_owned(),
+            overflow_checks: true,
         }
     }
 }