diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index bbbdc0847a..bfad1079ff 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -352,8 +352,16 @@ if [ ! -f $STAMP ]; then
           find $INSTALL -type d -exec rmdir -p "{}" ";" 2>/dev/null || true
 
           if [ ! "$DEBUG" = yes ]; then
-            $STRIP `find $INSTALL -name "*.so" 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || :
-            $STRIP `find $INSTALL -name "*.so.[0-9]*" 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || :
+            $STRIP `find $INSTALL \
+              -type f -name "*.so*" \
+              ! -name "ld-*.so" \
+              ! -name "libc-*.so" \
+              ! -name "libpthread-*.so" \
+              ! -name "libthread_db-*so" \
+              2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || :
+            if [ "$TARGET" = "init" ]; then
+              $STRIP `find $INSTALL -type f -name "*.so*" 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || :
+            fi
           fi
         fi
       fi