diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index af043a3f27..33a89b1572 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ STRIP_FIND_CMD += -type f \( -perm /111 -o -name '*.so*' \)
 #   applications and libraries. Normally kernel modules are already excluded
 #   by the executable permission check above, so the explicit exclusion is only
 #   done for kernel modules with incorrect permissions.
-STRIP_FIND_CMD += -not \( $(call findfileclauses,libpthread*.so* *.ko $(call qstrip,$(BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_FILES))) \) -print
+STRIP_FIND_CMD += -not \( $(call findfileclauses,libpthread*.so* *.ko $(call qstrip,$(BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_FILES))) \) -print0
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_ECLIPSE_REGISTER),y)
 define TOOLCHAIN_ECLIPSE_REGISTER
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ endif
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/doc $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/doc
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/gtk-doc
 	-rmdir $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share 2>/dev/null
-	$(STRIP_FIND_CMD) | xargs $(STRIPCMD) 2>/dev/null || true
+	$(STRIP_FIND_CMD) | xargs -0 $(STRIPCMD) 2>/dev/null || true
 	if test -d $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/modules; then \
 		find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/modules -type f -name '*.ko' | \
 		xargs -r $(KSTRIPCMD); fi