diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb5502821fe9..9ce4eb7d17e8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -228,3 +228,7 @@ update-book-cli: ## Update book cli documentation.
 	cargo build --bin reth --features "$(FEATURES)" --profile "$(PROFILE)"
 	@echo "Updating book cli doc..."
 	@./book/cli/update.sh $(BUILD_PATH)
+
+.PHONY: maxperf
+maxperf:
+	RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native" cargo build --profile maxperf --features jemalloc
diff --git a/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/mdbx-sys/build.rs b/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/mdbx-sys/build.rs
index 194ffaa33712..f4b3e1ea52b8 100644
--- a/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/mdbx-sys/build.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/mdbx-sys/build.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Enable debugging on debug builds
     #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-    cc_builder.define("MDBX_DEBUG", "1");
+    {
+        cc_builder.define("MDBX_DEBUG", "1");
+        cc_builder.define("MDBX_ENABLE_PROFGC", "1");
+    }
 
     // Disables debug logging on optimized builds
     #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]