diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index e67b300..003cb3d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ SOURCE=\
 
 CC:=@CC@
 CXX:=@CXX@
+STRIP:=@STRIP@
 OBJECTS:=$(subst .cc,.o,$(SOURCE))
 TOP_DIR:=@top_srcdir@
 TOP_BUILDDIR:=@top_builddir@
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ MANPATH:=$(DATADIR)/man
 vpath %.cc $(TOP_DIR)
 
 INSTALL_DIR = $(INSTALL) -m 755 -d
-INSTALL_PROGRAM = $(INSTALL) -m 755 -s
+INSTALL_PROGRAM = $(INSTALL) -m 755
 INSTALL_DATA = $(INSTALL) -p -m 644
 
 ifeq ("@TESTING@", "yes")
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ distclean: clean
 install: bin/pdata_tools
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(BINDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) bin/pdata_tools $(BINDIR)
+	$(STRIP) $(BINDIR)/pdata_tools
 	ln -s -f pdata_tools $(BINDIR)/cache_check
 	ln -s -f pdata_tools $(BINDIR)/cache_dump
 	ln -s -f pdata_tools $(BINDIR)/cache_metadata_size
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3e6c6a9..f5e7a2e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_STRIP], [AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip, :)])
+AC_PROG_STRIP
+AC_ARG_VAR(STRIP, [Command for discarding symbols from object files])
 
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 dnl -- Checks for functions.