diff --git a/scripts/bump/README.md b/scripts/bump/README.md
index ea5abf0d8..2a97c1dfe 100644
--- a/scripts/bump/README.md
+++ b/scripts/bump/README.md
@@ -41,3 +41,16 @@ To cross-compile for Linux (required for internal CI), run
 stack docker pull
 stack build --docker
 ```
+
+This is a moving target, but if you don't end up with a static binary, add
+`ghc-options: -optl-static -optl-pthread -fPIC` to your executables section.
+
+The binary can get quite large. Enabling split objects in your global config
+can be quite effective in reducing it:
+
+`~/.stack/config.yaml`:
+
+```
+build:
+  split-objs: true
+```
diff --git a/scripts/bump/package.yaml b/scripts/bump/package.yaml
index 99a4123c3..aa0fabef7 100644
--- a/scripts/bump/package.yaml
+++ b/scripts/bump/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                bump
-version:             0.2.0
+version:             0.2.1
 
 dependencies:
   - base >= 4.7 && < 5