diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/chrootenv/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/chrootenv/default.nix
index 375c30e1e463..4ab8c248e2fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/chrootenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/chrootenv/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildCommand = ''
     cc ${./chrootenv.c} $(pkg-config --cflags --libs glib-2.0) -o $out
+    ${stdenv.cc.bintools.bintools}/bin/strip $out
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {