diff --git a/solx-core/src/project/contract/mod.rs b/solx-core/src/project/contract/mod.rs
index 69a66142..bbafa365 100644
--- a/solx-core/src/project/contract/mod.rs
+++ b/solx-core/src/project/contract/mod.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,31 @@ impl Contract {
         }
     }
 
+    ///
+    /// Returns an estimated compilation cost for LPT scheduling.
+    ///
+    /// Used to sort contracts by descending cost before parallel dispatch,
+    /// so that large contracts begin compiling first.
+    ///
+    pub fn estimated_compilation_cost(&self) -> usize {
+        match &self.ir {
+            Some(IR::Yul(_)) => self.yul.as_ref().map_or(0, String::len),
+            Some(IR::EVMLegacyAssembly(evmla)) => {
+                let deploy = evmla.assembly.code.as_ref().map_or(0, Vec::len);
+                let runtime = evmla
+                    .runtime_code
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .and_then(|runtime| runtime.assembly.code.as_ref())
+                    .map_or(0, Vec::len);
+                deploy + runtime
+            }
+            Some(IR::LLVMIR(llvm_ir)) => llvm_ir.source.len(),
+            #[cfg(feature = "mlir")]
+            Some(IR::MLIR(mlir)) => mlir.source.len(),
+            None => 0,
+        }
+    }
+
     ///
     /// Returns the contract identifier, which is:
     /// - the Yul object identifier for Yul
diff --git a/solx-core/src/project/mod.rs b/solx-core/src/project/mod.rs
index ddb33877..531af83c 100644
--- a/solx-core/src/project/mod.rs
+++ b/solx-core/src/project/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 use rayon::iter::IntoParallelIterator;
+use rayon::iter::ParallelBridge;
 use rayon::iter::ParallelIterator;
 
 use crate::build::Build as EVMBuild;
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ impl Project {
                     None,
                     None,
                     None,
-                    None,
+                    Some(source_code),
                     #[cfg(feature = "mlir")]
                     None,
                 );
@@ -506,9 +507,15 @@ impl Project {
         llvm_options: Vec<String>,
         output_config: Option<solx_codegen_evm::OutputConfig>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<EVMBuild> {
-        let results = self
-            .contracts
-            .into_par_iter()
+        let mut contracts: Vec<(String, Contract)> = self.contracts.into_iter().collect();
+        contracts.sort_unstable_by(|(_, left), (_, right)| {
+            right
+                .estimated_compilation_cost()
+                .cmp(&left.estimated_compilation_cost())
+        });
+        let results = contracts
+            .into_iter()
+            .par_bridge()
             .map(|(path, mut contract)| {
                 let contract_name = contract.name.clone();