diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c5254629..de7cf0c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ EXTENSION_FUNCTIONS_SHA1 = c68fa706d6d9ff98608044c00212473f9c14892f
 
 EMCC=emcc
 
-CFLAGS = \
-	-O2 \
+SQLITE_COMPILATION_FLAGS = \
+	-Oz \
 	-DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION \
 	-DSQLITE_DISABLE_LFS \
 	-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3 \
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ EMFLAGS_WASM = \
 
 EMFLAGS_OPTIMIZED= \
 	-s INLINING_LIMIT=50 \
-	-O3 \
+	-Oz \
 	-flto \
 	--closure 1
 
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ dist/worker.sql-wasm-debug.js: dist/sql-wasm-debug.js src/worker.js
 out/sqlite3.bc: sqlite-src/$(SQLITE_AMALGAMATION)
 	mkdir -p out
 	# Generate llvm bitcode
-	$(EMCC) $(CFLAGS) -c sqlite-src/$(SQLITE_AMALGAMATION)/sqlite3.c -o $@
+	$(EMCC) $(SQLITE_COMPILATION_FLAGS) -c sqlite-src/$(SQLITE_AMALGAMATION)/sqlite3.c -o $@
 
 # Since the extension-functions.c includes other headers in the sqlite_amalgamation, we declare that this depends on more than just extension-functions.c
 out/extension-functions.bc: sqlite-src/$(SQLITE_AMALGAMATION)
 	mkdir -p out
 	# Generate llvm bitcode
-	$(EMCC) $(CFLAGS) -c sqlite-src/$(SQLITE_AMALGAMATION)/extension-functions.c -o $@
+	$(EMCC) $(SQLITE_COMPILATION_FLAGS) -c sqlite-src/$(SQLITE_AMALGAMATION)/extension-functions.c -o $@
 
 # TODO: This target appears to be unused. If we re-instatate it, we'll need to add more files inside of the JS folder
 # module.tar.gz: test package.json AUTHORS README.md dist/sql-asm.js