diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index fc5eac151b90c..91fd8988dfd3a 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ option(GGML_CUDA_NO_PEER_COPY               "ggml: do not use peer to peer copie
 option(GGML_CUDA_NO_VMM                     "ggml: do not try to use CUDA VMM"                OFF)
 option(GGML_CUDA_FA_ALL_QUANTS              "ggml: compile all quants for FlashAttention"     OFF)
 option(GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS                     "ggml: use CUDA graphs (llama.cpp only)"          ${GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS_DEFAULT})
+set   (GGML_CUDA_COMPRESSION_MODE "size" CACHE STRING
+                                            "ggml: cuda link binary compression mode; requires cuda 12.8+")
+set_property(CACHE GGML_CUDA_COMPRESSION_MODE PROPERTY STRINGS "none;speed;balance;size")
 
 option(GGML_HIP                             "ggml: use HIP"                                   OFF)
 option(GGML_HIP_GRAPHS                      "ggml: use HIP graph, experimental, slow"         OFF)
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index e63ede2fbe3ff..f5d7350e2c30c 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ if (CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
 
     set(CUDA_FLAGS -use_fast_math)
 
+    if (CUDAToolkit_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "12.8")
+        # Options are:
+        # - none (not recommended)
+        # - speed (nvcc's default)
+        # - balance
+        # - size
+        list(APPEND CUDA_FLAGS -compress-mode=${GGML_CUDA_COMPRESSION_MODE})
+    endif()
+
     if (GGML_FATAL_WARNINGS)
         list(APPEND CUDA_FLAGS -Werror all-warnings)
     endif()