diff --git a/setup/build_linux b/setup/build_linux
index 37d0762d..ec6b4a9f 100755
--- a/setup/build_linux
+++ b/setup/build_linux
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ function copy_live_env() {
   mkdir -p "$PROFILE_DIR/airootfs/usr/local/bin"
   rsync -aI "$ROOT_DIR/scripts/" "$PROFILE_DIR/airootfs/usr/local/bin/"
 
+  # Pre-compile Python scripts
+  unset PYTHONPYCACHEPREFIX
+  python -m compileall "$PROFILE_DIR/airootfs/usr/local/bin/"
+
   # Update profiledef.sh to set proper permissions for executable files
   for _file in $(find "$PROFILE_DIR/airootfs" -executable -type f | sed "s%$PROFILE_DIR/airootfs%%" | sort); do
     sed -i "\$i\  [\"$_file\"]=\"0:0:755\"" "$PROFILE_DIR/profiledef.sh"