diff --git a/package/pixman/pixman.mk b/package/pixman/pixman.mk
index 2e8158f301..4cba0d06c8 100644
--- a/package/pixman/pixman.mk
+++ b/package/pixman/pixman.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PIXMAN_SOURCE = pixman-$(PIXMAN_VERSION).tar.gz
 PIXMAN_SITE = http://cairographics.org/releases/
 PIXMAN_AUTORECONF = NO
 PIXMAN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-PIXMAN_INSTALL_STAGING_OPT = DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) install install-data
-PIXMAN_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT = DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install install-data
+PIXMAN_INSTALL_STAGING_OPT = DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) install
+PIXMAN_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT = DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install-strip
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,pixman))