diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 969b195..6287a27 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -248,3 +248,6 @@ fonts:
 
 Please don't bother reporting this bug to st, but notify the upstream Xft
 developers about fixing this bug.
+
+As of 2022-09-05 this now seems to be finally fixed in libXft 2.3.5:
+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/-/blob/libXft-2.3.5/NEWS
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 062945b..1220287 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ makedepends=("gcc")
 provides=("st")
 conflicts=("st" "st-git")
 
+options=(lto)
+
 source=("arg.h" "boxdraw.c" "boxdraw_data.h" "config.def.h" "config.h"
     "config.mk" "hb.c" "hb.h" "LICENSE" "Makefile" "st.1" "st.c" "st.h" "st.info"
     "win.h" "x.c" "README")
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 76c6258..d546e88 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # st version
 VERSION = 0.8.9
+VERSION = 0.9
 
 # Customize below to fit your system