diff --git a/cmake/FindLLVM.cmake b/cmake/FindLLVM.cmake
index 7fcbfb5a5..12fb65039 100644
--- a/cmake/FindLLVM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLLVM.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ find_program(LLDB lldb
   PATHS ${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}
   NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
+find_program(LLVM_DIS llvm-dis
+  PATHS ${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}
+  NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+
 execute_process(
   COMMAND "${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/llvm-config" "--libdir"
   OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR
@@ -41,3 +45,7 @@ endif()
 if(NOT LLC)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find an llc binary. Is llvm installed on your PATH?")
 endif()
+
+if(NOT LLVM_DIS)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find an llvm-dis binary. Is llvm installed on your PATH?")
+endif()
diff --git a/include/kllvm/codegen/ApplyPasses.h b/include/kllvm/codegen/ApplyPasses.h
index ece4d96d0..247e225af 100644
--- a/include/kllvm/codegen/ApplyPasses.h
+++ b/include/kllvm/codegen/ApplyPasses.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 namespace kllvm {
 
+void do_bitcode_linking(llvm::Module &);
+
 void apply_kllvm_opt_passes(llvm::Module &, bool hidden_visibility);
 
 void generate_object_file(llvm::Module &, llvm::raw_ostream &);
diff --git a/lib/codegen/ApplyPasses.cpp b/lib/codegen/ApplyPasses.cpp
index 5283c02ed..1fadc1109 100644
--- a/lib/codegen/ApplyPasses.cpp
+++ b/lib/codegen/ApplyPasses.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <kllvm/codegen/Options.h>
 #include <kllvm/codegen/SetVisibilityHidden.h>
 
+#include "alloc_cpp.h"
 #include "runtime/header.h"
 
 #if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR >= 17
@@ -12,7 +13,10 @@
 #include <llvm/Support/Host.h>
 #endif
 
+#include "llvm/IRReader/IRReader.h"
+#include <llvm/Bitcode/BitcodeReader.h>
 #include <llvm/IR/LegacyPassManager.h>
+#include <llvm/Linker/Linker.h>
 #include <llvm/MC/TargetRegistry.h>
 #include <llvm/Pass.h>
 #include <llvm/Support/CommandLine.h>
@@ -145,4 +149,18 @@ void generate_object_file(llvm::Module &mod, llvm::raw_ostream &os) {
   pm.run(mod);
 }
 
+void do_bitcode_linking(llvm::Module &mod) {
+  Linker linker(mod);
+  llvm::SMDiagnostic err;
+  auto alloc_cpp_mod = llvm::parseIR(
+      *llvm::MemoryBuffer::getMemBuffer(
+          std::string((char *)alloc_cpp_o_ll, alloc_cpp_o_ll_len)),
+      err, mod.getContext());
+  bool error = linker.linkInModule(std::move(alloc_cpp_mod));
+  if (error) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "Bitcode linking failed. Please report this as a bug.");
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace kllvm
diff --git a/lib/codegen/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/codegen/CMakeLists.txt
index a70af8cad..d58de008c 100644
--- a/lib/codegen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/codegen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ add_library(Codegen
 target_link_libraries(Codegen
   PUBLIC  AST fmt::fmt-header-only
   PRIVATE base64)
+
+target_include_directories(Codegen
+  PUBLIC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto
+)
diff --git a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index df44dddb9..7cb635ccd 100644
--- a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ install(
   DESTINATION lib/kllvm/llvm/main
 )
 
-add_subdirectory(arithmetic)
-add_subdirectory(util)
-add_subdirectory(strings)
-add_subdirectory(meta)
 add_subdirectory(alloc)
+add_subdirectory(arithmetic)
 add_subdirectory(collect)
-add_subdirectory(io)
 add_subdirectory(collections)
+add_subdirectory(io)
 add_subdirectory(json)
+add_subdirectory(lto)
+add_subdirectory(meta)
+add_subdirectory(strings)
+add_subdirectory(util)
diff --git a/runtime/alloc/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/alloc/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ae0b4cc1..beff00640 100644
--- a/runtime/alloc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtime/alloc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 add_library(alloc STATIC
-  alloc.cpp
   arena.cpp
   register_gc_roots_enum.cpp
 )
diff --git a/runtime/lto/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/lto/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61d7d2207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/lto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+add_library(lto STATIC
+  alloc.cpp
+)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -flto")
+
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto/alloc.cpp.o
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_AR} x ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto/liblto.a alloc.cpp.o
+	DEPENDS lto
+)
+
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto/alloc.cpp.o.ll
+	COMMAND ${LLVM_DIS} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto/alloc.cpp.o
+	DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto/alloc.cpp.o
+)
+
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto/alloc_cpp.h
+	COMMAND xxd -i alloc.cpp.o.ll alloc_cpp.h
+	DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto/alloc.cpp.o.ll
+	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto
+)
+
+add_custom_target(skeleton ALL
+	DEPENDS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/runtime/lto/alloc_cpp.h")
diff --git a/runtime/alloc/alloc.cpp b/runtime/lto/alloc.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from runtime/alloc/alloc.cpp
rename to runtime/lto/alloc.cpp
diff --git a/tools/llvm-kompile-codegen/main.cpp b/tools/llvm-kompile-codegen/main.cpp
index 99fabf3d4..9cc5c5b0c 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-kompile-codegen/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/llvm-kompile-codegen/main.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     finalize_debug_info();
   }
 
+  do_bitcode_linking(*mod);
+
   if (!no_optimize) {
     apply_kllvm_opt_passes(*mod, hidden_visibility);
   }