diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3906c69..dbb1709 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build
       working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/build
       run: NINJA_STATUS="%p [%f:%s/%t] %o/s, %es" ninja
+    - name: Test file size of binaries is sane
+      working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/build
+      run: "ls -l func-first_operation-1 ; [ $(ls -l func-first_operation-1 | awk '{ print $5}') -lt 10000000 ]"
       # If the tests are enabled for this job, run them
     - name: Test
       if: ${{ matrix.build-only != 'yes' }}
diff --git a/src/ds/defines.h b/src/ds/defines.h
index ca2289e..53d362b 100644
--- a/src/ds/defines.h
+++ b/src/ds/defines.h
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#  define SNMALLOC_FORCE_BSS __attribute__((section("__DATA,__bss")))
+#elif defined(__ELF__)
+#  define SNMALLOC_FORCE_BSS __attribute__((section(".bss")))
+#else
+#  define SNMALLOC_FORCE_BSS
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __has_builtin
 #  define __has_builtin(x) 0
 #endif
diff --git a/src/mem/pagemap.h b/src/mem/pagemap.h
index 5f0972c..25050ec 100644
--- a/src/mem/pagemap.h
+++ b/src/mem/pagemap.h
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ namespace snmalloc
      * The global pagemap variable.  The name of this symbol will include the
      * type of `T` and `U`.
      */
+    SNMALLOC_FORCE_BSS
     inline static T global_pagemap;
 
   public: