diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad9d7f7..a311438 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ZIG ?= zig
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 BINDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/bin
 MANDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
-ZIG_FLAGS ?= --release=fast
+ZIG_FLAGS ?= --release=fast -Dstrip
 
 NCDU_VERSION=$(shell grep 'program_version = "' src/main.zig | sed -e 's/^.*"\(.\+\)".*$$/\1/')
 
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index fd1c6c1..2b7f5a9 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
 
     const pie = b.option(bool, "pie", "Build with PIE support (by default false)") orelse false;
+    const strip = b.option(bool, "strip", "Strip debugging info (by default false)") orelse false;
 
     const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "ncdu",
         .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
+        .strip = strip,
         .link_libc = true,
     });