diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 004dd076..2d473ef0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,37 @@ option(SOCI_SHARED "Enable build of shared libraries" ON)
 option(SOCI_STATIC "Enable build of static libraries" ON)
 option(SOCI_TESTS "Enable build of collection of SOCI tests" ON)
 option(SOCI_ASAN "Enable address sanitizer on GCC v4.8+/Clang v 3.1+" OFF)
+option(SOCI_LTO "Enable link time optimization" OFF)
 
+if (SOCI_LTO)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+
+    # Check and enable lto support
+    include(CheckIPOSupported)
+    check_ipo_supported(RESULT supported)
+    
+    if (NOT supported)
+        message(STATUS "IPO / LTO not supported")
+    endif()
+    
+    if (supported AND NOT SOCI_ASAN)
+        message(STATUS "IPO / LTO enabled")
+        set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
+    
+        if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+            # Check for lld as clang lto works best with its own linker
+            include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+            check_cxx_compiler_flag("-fuse-ld=lld" HAS_LLD)
+            if (HAS_LLD)
+                SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
+                SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
+                SET(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+    elseif(supported)
+        message(STATUS "IPO / LTO is supported but conflicts with ASAN and not enabled")
+    endif()
+endif()
 
 ###############################################################################
 # SOCI CMake modules
@@ -204,4 +234,3 @@ endforeach()
 configure_file("${CONFIG_FILE_IN}" "${CONFIG_FILE_OUT}")
 
 message(STATUS "")
-