diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index a2cc0fc..7b6fcd9 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ scalacOptions ++= Seq(
   "-encoding",
   "UTF-8"
 )
+
+scalacOptions ++= {
+  if (insideCI.value) {
+    val log = sLog.value
+    log.info("Running in CI, enabling Scala2 optimizer")
+    Seq(
+      "-opt-inline-from:<sources>",
+      "-opt:l:inline"
+    )
+  } else Nil
+}
+
 scriptedLaunchOpts += "-Xmx1024m"
 scriptedLaunchOpts ++= Seq("-Dplugin.version=" + version.value)
 scriptedLaunchOpts += "-debug"