diff --git a/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf b/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf
index 99d77156fd..fc840fe9f6 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/gcc-base.conf
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 # you can use the manual test in tests/manual/mkspecs.
 #
 
+CONFIG += nostrip
+
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE      = -O2
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_FULL = -O3
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_DEBUG = -Og
