diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5cf138a..cae5cc0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ VERSION := 0.1
 
 build/sysimage.so: src/sysimage.jl Project.toml Manifest.toml
 	mkdir -p build
+	$(JULIA) --trace-compile=precompile.jl benchmark/run.jl test/case14.json.gz
 	$(JULIA) src/sysimage.jl
+	rm precompile.jl
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf build/*
diff --git a/src/sysimage.jl b/src/sysimage.jl
index cb721ad..8eeaedf 100644
--- a/src/sysimage.jl
+++ b/src/sysimage.jl
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ pkg = [:DataStructures,
        ]
 
 @info "Building system image..."
-create_sysimage(pkg, sysimage_path="build/sysimage.so")
+create_sysimage(pkg, precompile_statements_file=joinpath(@__DIR__, "../precompile.jl"), sysimage_path="build/sysimage.so")