diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5eae83db96c740eb5f1f815f6b59ff48a526fbc9..009bea0c581157ec29abf94d4325bbba4fafe7e4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -605,6 +605,13 @@ fi
 RanlibCmd="$RANLIB"
 RANLIB="$RanlibCmd"
 
+dnl ** which strip to use?
+dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL([STRIP], [strip])
+StripCmd="$STRIP"
+AC_SUBST([StripCmd])
+
+
 dnl ** which libtool to use?
 dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
 # The host normalization on Windows breaks autoconf, it no longer
diff --git a/distrib/configure.ac.in b/distrib/configure.ac.in
index 9a94cf2c3dd01d1542e5f46dd4694fe0c1d3189b..509e74e93e11ab5aba15dca7db81926e09e933b6 100644
--- a/distrib/configure.ac.in
+++ b/distrib/configure.ac.in
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ dnl ** how to invoke `ar' and `ranlib'
 FP_PROG_AR_SUPPORTS_ATFILE
 FP_PROG_AR_NEEDS_RANLIB
 
+dnl ** which strip to use?
+dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL([STRIP], [strip])
+StripCmd="$STRIP"
+AC_SUBST([StripCmd])
+
 dnl ** Have libdw?
 dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Check for a usable version of libdw/elfutils
diff --git a/mk/config.mk.in b/mk/config.mk.in
index ac1512e7b749f7ddcfdc2f5d97c09841807ca5e6..92661a32d1bdcb93bb788cc9ff50e336b53f9835 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk.in
+++ b/mk/config.mk.in
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ else ifeq "$(TARGETPLATFORM)" "arm-unknown-linux"
 # The hack of using `:` to disable stripping is implemented by ghc-cabal.
 STRIP_CMD      = :
 else
-STRIP_CMD      = strip
+STRIP_CMD      = @StripCmd@
 endif
 PATCH_CMD      = @PatchCmd@
 TAR_CMD        = @TarCmd@