diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 6d2b75f63f..18d0eddb63 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ debug_strip() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  if [ "${BUILD_WITH_DEBUG}" != "yes" ]; then
+  if [ "${BUILD_WITH_DEBUG}" != "yes" ] && flag_enabled "strip" "yes"; then
     find $* -type f -executable | xargs $STRIP 2>/dev/null || :
   fi
 }
diff --git a/packages/readme.md b/packages/readme.md
index 2ba73b4676..47bcab8446 100644
--- a/packages/readme.md
+++ b/packages/readme.md
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ Set the variable `PKG_BUILD_FLAGS` in the `package.mk` to enable/disable the sin
 | lto-off  | disabled | target/init | explicitly disable LTO in the compiler and linker |
 | gold     | depend on `GOLD_SUPPORT` | target/init | can only disabled, use of the GOLD-Linker |
 | parallel | enabled  | all | `make` or `ninja` builds with multiple threads/processes (or not) |
+| strip    | enabled  | target | strips executables (or not) |
 
 ###### Example
 ```