diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 22c9f7fb7b..41c4f65759 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ TARGET_MESON_OPTS="--prefix=/usr \
                    --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
                    --localstatedir=/var \
                    --buildtype=${MESON_BUILD_TYPE}"
+if [ ${BUILD_WITH_DEBUG} != yes ] && flag_enabled "strip" "yes"; then
+  TARGET_MESON_OPTS+=" -Dstrip=true"
+fi
+
 
 # configure HOST build defaults
 HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--host=${HOST_NAME} \