diff --git a/package/minisign/minisign.mk b/package/minisign/minisign.mk
index 34b3f4046e..7cdce597f7 100644
--- a/package/minisign/minisign.mk
+++ b/package/minisign/minisign.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ MINISIGN_LICENSE = ISC
 MINISIGN_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 MINISIGN_DEPENDENCIES = libsodium
 HOST_MINISIGN_DEPENDENCIES = host-libsodium
+MINISIGN_CONF_OPTS = -DCMAKE_STRIP=""
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 MINISIGN_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_STATIC_EXECUTABLES=1