diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e983489..916aace 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,5 +54,15 @@ strip = true
 lto = true
 codegen-units = 1
 
+[profile.integration-test]
+inherits = "release"
+opt-level = 0
+lto = false
+codegen-units = 256
+strip = "none"
+incremental = true
+debug-assertions = false
+overflow-checks = false
+
 [features]
 macos-tty = []
diff --git a/tests/integration.sh b/tests/integration.sh
index 62d5f3a..6413e7c 100755
--- a/tests/integration.sh
+++ b/tests/integration.sh
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ setup() {
     TMP_DATA_DIR="$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t asciinema-data-dir)"
     SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
     FIXTURES="$SCRIPT_DIR/casts"
-    ASCIINEMA_BIN="$SCRIPT_DIR/../target/release/asciinema"
+    ASCIINEMA_BIN="$SCRIPT_DIR/../target/integration-test/asciinema"
 
     trap 'cleanup' EXIT
 
     log_info "Building release binary..."
-    cargo build --release --locked
+    cargo build --profile=integration-test --locked
 
     # disable notifications
     printf "[notifications]\nenabled = false\n" >> "${ASCIINEMA_CONFIG_HOME}/config.toml"