diff --git a/cmake/Globals.cmake b/cmake/Globals.cmake
index af66b00f08..7793a6a7f5 100644
--- a/cmake/Globals.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Globals.cmake
@@ -419,7 +419,13 @@ function(register_command)
     list(APPEND CMD_EFFECTIVE_OUTPUTS ${artifact})
     if(BUILDKITE)
       file(RELATIVE_PATH filename ${BUILD_PATH} ${artifact})
-      list(APPEND CMD_COMMANDS COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ${BUILD_PATH} buildkite-agent artifact upload ${filename})
+      if(filename STREQUAL "libbun-profile.a")
+        # libbun-profile.a is now over 5gb in size, compress it first
+        list(APPEND CMD_COMMANDS COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ${BUILD_PATH} gzip -6 libbun-profile.a)
+        list(APPEND CMD_COMMANDS COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ${BUILD_PATH} buildkite-agent artifact upload libbun-profile.a.gz)
+      else()
+        list(APPEND CMD_COMMANDS COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ${BUILD_PATH} buildkite-agent artifact upload ${filename})
+      endif()
     endif()
   endforeach()
 
diff --git a/cmake/tools/SetupBuildkite.cmake b/cmake/tools/SetupBuildkite.cmake
index 946ed25131..b2ab01dd94 100644
--- a/cmake/tools/SetupBuildkite.cmake
+++ b/cmake/tools/SetupBuildkite.cmake
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ foreach(i RANGE ${BUILDKITE_JOBS_MAX_INDEX})
     endif()
 
     if(BUILDKITE)
+      if(BUILDKITE_ARTIFACT_PATH STREQUAL "libbun-profile.a")
+        set(BUILDKITE_ARTIFACT_PATH libbun-profile.a.gz)
+      endif()
       set(BUILDKITE_DOWNLOAD_COMMAND buildkite-agent artifact download ${BUILDKITE_ARTIFACT_PATH} . --build ${BUILDKITE_BUILD_UUID} --step ${BUILDKITE_JOB_ID})
     else()
       set(BUILDKITE_DOWNLOAD_COMMAND curl -L -o ${BUILDKITE_ARTIFACT_PATH} ${BUILDKITE_ARTIFACTS_URL}/${BUILDKITE_ARTIFACT_ID})
@@ -135,6 +138,20 @@ foreach(i RANGE ${BUILDKITE_JOBS_MAX_INDEX})
       OUTPUT
         ${BUILD_PATH}/${BUILDKITE_ARTIFACT_PATH}
     )
+    if(BUILDKITE_ARTIFACT_PATH STREQUAL "libbun-profile.a.gz")
+      add_custom_command(
+        COMMENT
+          "Unpacking libbun-profile.a.gz"
+        VERBATIM COMMAND
+          gunzip libbun-profile.a.gz
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY
+          ${BUILD_PATH}
+        OUTPUT
+          ${BUILD_PATH}/libbun-profile.a
+        DEPENDS
+          ${BUILD_PATH}/libbun-profile.a.gz
+      )
+    endif()
   endforeach()
 
   list(APPEND BUILDKITE_JOBS_MATCH ${BUILDKITE_JOB_NAME})