diff --git a/mace/libmace/BUILD b/mace/libmace/BUILD
index 96e1b4c06de6e5e640026684f9be1cd39de9f224..ff51b4c8b733c1f91c78046705bec024ae549694 100644
--- a/mace/libmace/BUILD
+++ b/mace/libmace/BUILD
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ genrule(
           "$@ " +
           "$$tmp_mri_file);" +
           "$(AR) -M <$$tmp_mri_file;" +
-          "rm -rf $$tmp_mri_file;",
+          "rm -rf $$tmp_mri_file;" +
+          "$(STRIP) -x $@;",
     tools = ["//mace/python/tools:archive_static_lib"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )