diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 25c97d4640..a145f9d431 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$PKG_IS_KERNEL_PKG" = "yes" ]; then
   if [ "$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH" = "arm64" -a "$TARGET_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
     TARGET_PREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN/lib/gcc-linaro-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-
+    STRIP=${TARGET_PREFIX}strip
   fi
 fi