diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 7f530963fc..a7c362740e 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if [ ! -f $STAMP ]; then
 
   if [ -f $PKG_DIR/build ]; then
     $PKG_DIR/build $@ >&$VERBOSE_OUT
-    if [ "$DEBUG" = no ]; then
+    if [ ! "$DEBUG" = yes ]; then
      $STRIP `find $BUILD/$1* -name "*.so"` 2>/dev/null || \
       echo "Information: no *.so libs found"
      $STRIP `find $BUILD/$1* -name "*.so.[0-9]*"` 2>/dev/null ||\