diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index f0d6a08fdfb8c303a381a27312893f7c0b6b6845..327a171d8b70fb1e74d3679bab1bc9cb2a4c7279 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ INCLUDE_DIRS := include . no-aesni
 INCLUDES := $(foreach i,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I $i)
 
 CC ?= gcc
+ifneq ($(filter %gcc,$(CC)),)
+STRIP ?= $(CC:gcc=strip)
+else
+STRIP ?= strip
+endif
+
 # MINGW should be non-zero value if detected
 MINGW ?= $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - < /dev/null | grep -i mingw | wc -l | sed 's/^ *//')
 
@@ -819,7 +825,8 @@ install: $(LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME)
 	install -m 0444 $(MAN2) $(MAN_DIR)
 	install -d $(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)
 ifeq ($(SHARED),y)
-	install -s -m $(LIBPERM) $(LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME) $(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)
+	install -s --strip-program=$(STRIP) -m $(LIBPERM) $(LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME) \
+		$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)
 else
 	# must not strip symbol table for static libs
 	install -m $(LIBPERM) $(LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME) $(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)