diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef130de8ad..cfaa316a82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_HAVE_DOCUMENTATION),y)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/gtk-doc
 endif
 	find $(TARGET_DIR) -type f -perm +111 | xargs $(STRIPCMD) 2>/dev/null || true
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/modules -type f -name '*.ko' | \
+		xargs -r $(STRIPCMD) -R .comment -R .note -g --strip-unneeded
+
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc
 	# Mandatory configuration file and auxilliary cache directory
 	# for recent versions of ldconfig