diff --git a/Rules.mak b/Rules.mak
index 66edaca9f..442f0fba0 100644
--- a/Rules.mak
+++ b/Rules.mak
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_DEBUG)),y)
 else
     CFLAGS+=$(WARNINGS) $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG
     LDFLAGS += -Wl,-warn-common
-    STRIPCMD:=$(STRIP) --remove-section=.note --remove-section=.comment
+    STRIPCMD:=$(STRIP) -s --remove-section=.note --remove-section=.comment
 endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_STATIC)),y)
     LDFLAGS += --static