diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index a9b7f53174..d3195b0fdf 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -436,3 +436,10 @@ show_config() {
 
   echo -e "$config_message"
 }
+
+# strip
+debug_strip() {
+  if [ ! "$DEBUG" = yes ]; then
+    $STRIP `find $* -type f -executable 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || :
+  fi
+}