diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c3e85c4..6f31323 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ if (CONFIG_LV2)
   target_link_directories (${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2 PRIVATE ${LV2_LIBRARY_DIRS})
   target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2 PRIVATE ${LV2_LIBRARIES})
   if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG)
+    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG AND CMAKE_INSTALL_DO_STRIP)
       add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2  POST_BUILD
         COMMAND strip lib${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2.so)
     endif ()
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ if (CONFIG_LV2)
   endif ()
   if (WIN32)
     target_link_options (${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2 PRIVATE -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
-    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG)
+    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG AND CMAKE_INSTALL_DO_STRIP)
       add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2  POST_BUILD
         COMMAND strip lib${PROJECT_NAME}_lv2.dll)
     endif ()
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ if (CONFIG_JACK)
     target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME}_jack PRIVATE PkgConfig::LIBLO)
   endif ()
   if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG)
+    if (NOT CONFIG_DEBUG AND CMAKE_INSTALL_DO_STRIP)
       add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}_jack POST_BUILD
         COMMAND strip ${PROJECT_NAME}_jack)
     endif ()
diff --git a/src/src_jack.pro b/src/src_jack.pro
index 48c3758..df4a4a4 100644
--- a/src/src_jack.pro
+++ b/src/src_jack.pro
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ unix {
 	mimetypes_scalable.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes
 	mimetypes_scalable.files += mimetypes/application-x-$${NAME}-preset.svg
 
-	CONFIG(release, debug|release):QMAKE_POST_LINK += strip $(TARGET)
 }
 
 QT += widgets xml
diff --git a/src/src_lv2.pro b/src/src_lv2.pro
index ad6d235..78c1254 100644
--- a/src/src_lv2.pro
+++ b/src/src_lv2.pro
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ unix {
 		$${TARGET_LV2UI}.ttl \
 		$${NAME}.lv2/manifest.ttl
 
-	CONFIG(release, debug|release):QMAKE_POST_LINK += strip $(TARGET);
 	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $${QMAKE_COPY} -vp $(TARGET) $${TARGET_LV2}.so
 
 	QMAKE_CLEAN += $${TARGET_LV2}.so