diff --git a/qgis.spec.in b/qgis.spec.in
index cbeee6b9cd3..5154a5c8e9f 100644
--- a/qgis.spec.in
+++ b/qgis.spec.in
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Steve Halasz <stevehalasz at users.sourceforge.net>
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 ./configure --prefix=%{prefix}
 make
+strip src/qgis
+
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT