diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index 51bd520ed437883142b86d05cdb1224d1998ab7d..8462690a039b8e7390f5e71e58bac66fbb1b7947 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ endif
 INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
 CLANG ?= clang
+LLVM_STRIP ?= llvm-strip
 
 FEATURE_USER = .bpftool
 FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args reallocarray zlib libcap \
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)%.bpf.o: skeleton/%.bpf.c $(OUTPUT)vmlinux.h $(LIBBPF)
 		-I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/ \
 		-I$(LIBBPF_PATH) \
 		-I$(srctree)/tools/lib \
-		-g -O2 -target bpf -c $< -o $@
+		-g -O2 -target bpf -c $< -o $@ && $(LLVM_STRIP) -g $@
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.skel.h: $(OUTPUT)%.bpf.o $(BPFTOOL_BOOTSTRAP)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(BPFTOOL_BOOTSTRAP) gen skeleton $< > $@