diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3cc717104b..1cc9a387c5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 	fs: old-style squashfs for big endian archs fixed.
 
 	Updated/fixed packages: busybox, gst-plugins-base,
-	imagemagick, libgail, libglib2, libgtk2, lua, luafilesystem,
-	lzo, ncurses, netcat, pango, php, pppd, proftpd, qt, samba,
-	startup-notification, swfdec, sysvinit, util-linux
+	imagemagick, kismet, libgail, libglib2, libgtk2, lua,
+	luafilesystem, lzo, ncurses, netcat, pango, php, pppd,
+	proftpd, qt, samba, startup-notification, swfdec, sysvinit,
+	util-linux
 
 	Removed packages: stunnel
 
diff --git a/package/kismet/kismet.mk b/package/kismet/kismet.mk
index 1b61ddda35..6135c88731 100644
--- a/package/kismet/kismet.mk
+++ b/package/kismet/kismet.mk
@@ -33,18 +33,19 @@ $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,kismet))
 
 $(KISMET_TARGET_INSTALL_TARGET):
 	$(call MESSAGE,"Installing")
+ifdef KISMET_TARGET_BINARIES
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(addprefix $(KISMET_DIR)/, $(KISMET_TARGET_BINARIES)) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin
+endif
 ifdef KISMET_TARGET_CONFIGS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(addprefix $(KISMET_DIR)/conf/, $(KISMET_TARGET_CONFIGS)) $(TARGET_DIR)/etc
-endif
-ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),)
-	$(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_ALL) $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/, $(KISMET_TARGET_BINARIES))
 endif
 	touch $@
 
 $(KISMET_TARGET_UNINSTALL):
 	$(call MESSAGE,"Uninstalling")
+ifdef KISMET_TARGET_BINARIES
 	rm -f $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/, $(KISMET_TARGET_BINARIES))
+endif
 ifdef KISMET_TARGET_CONFIGS
 	rm -f $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/, $(KISMET_TARGET_CONFIGS))
 endif