diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk b/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
index 5365cdff14..819f2b20c8 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
@@ -349,11 +349,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),y)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libgcc_s*.so*
 	-cp -dpf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/lib/libgcc_s* \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/lib/
+	-$(STRIPCMD) --strip-unneeded $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libgcc_s*
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),y)
 	-cp -dpf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/lib/libstdc++.so* \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/
+	-$(STRIPCMD) --strip-unneeded $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libstdc++.so*
 endif
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBGCJ),y)