diff --git a/utils/staking-miner/Cargo.toml b/utils/staking-miner/Cargo.toml
index e34b29a285a3..081b4648416f 100644
--- a/utils/staking-miner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/staking-miner/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[[bin]]
+name = "staking-miner"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
 [package]
 name = "staking-miner"
 version.workspace = true
diff --git a/utils/staking-miner/README.md b/utils/staking-miner/README.md
index 593e8ad8877d..4148677ee7ca 100644
--- a/utils/staking-miner/README.md
+++ b/utils/staking-miner/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ staking-miner --help
 
 You can build from the root of the Polkadot repository using:
 ```
-cargo build --release --locked --package staking-miner
+cargo build --profile production --locked --package staking-miner --bin staking-miner
 ```
 
 ## Docker