diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 949d768384..63c15fcb25 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -151,3 +151,8 @@ strip_linker_plugin() {
   # strip out usage from linker plugin
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
 }
+
+strip_kmod() {
+  [ -z $1 ] && echo "usage strip_kmod <dir>" && exit 1
+  find $1 -type f -name '*.ko' | xargs -r $STRIP -R .comment -R .note -g --strip-unneeded
+}