diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index eccfbecb8b..90cf4a4dc5 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ NCURSES_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-const \
 	--enable-overwrite \
 	--enable-pc-files \
+	--disable-stripping \
 	--with-pkg-config-libdir="/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PROGS),,--without-progs) \
 	--without-manpages