diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 313adf85cb92..f85f0326da25 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ MK_SYSTEM_LINKER=	no
 .if defined(CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX)
 CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX?=${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}
 .endif
-XBINUTILS=	AS AR LD NM OBJCOPY RANLIB SIZE STRINGS
+XBINUTILS=	AS AR LD NM OBJCOPY RANLIB SIZE STRINGS STRIPBIN
 .for BINUTIL in ${XBINUTILS}
 .if defined(CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX) && \
     exists(${CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX}/${${BINUTIL}})
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ CROSSENV+=	CC="${XCC} ${XCFLAGS}" CXX="${XCXX} ${XCXXFLAGS} ${XCFLAGS}" \
 		AS="${XAS}" AR="${XAR}" LD="${XLD}" LLVM_LINK="${XLLVM_LINK}" \
 		NM=${XNM} OBJCOPY="${XOBJCOPY}" \
 		RANLIB=${XRANLIB} STRINGS=${XSTRINGS} \
-		SIZE="${XSIZE}"
+		SIZE="${XSIZE}" STRIPBIN="${XSTRIPBIN}"
 
 .if defined(CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX) && exists(${CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX})
 # In the case of xdev-build tools, CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX won't be a
diff --git a/share/mk/sys.mk b/share/mk/sys.mk
index 2248d64f6580..215b04563e23 100644
--- a/share/mk/sys.mk
+++ b/share/mk/sys.mk
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ SHELL		?=	sh
 
 .if !defined(%POSIX)
 SIZE		?=	size
+STRIPBIN	?=	strip
 .endif
 
 YACC		?=	yacc
diff --git a/stand/i386/loader/Makefile b/stand/i386/loader/Makefile
index b74ef9007d97..3c0357b7b7a7 100644
--- a/stand/i386/loader/Makefile
+++ b/stand/i386/loader/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ${LOADER}: ${LOADER}.bin ${BTXLDR} ${BTXKERN}
 		-b ${BTXKERN} ${LOADER}.bin
 
 ${LOADER}.bin: ${LOADER}.sym
-	strip -R .comment -R .note -o ${.TARGET} ${.ALLSRC}
+	${STRIPBIN} -R .comment -R .note -o ${.TARGET} ${.ALLSRC}
 
 .if ${MK_LOADER_ZFS} == "yes" && ${LOADER_INTERP} == ${LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP}
 LINKS+=		${BINDIR}/${LOADER} ${BINDIR}/zfsloader
diff --git a/sys/modules/linux/Makefile b/sys/modules/linux/Makefile
index 7065c1f0f6cd..c91dfbdaf380 100644
--- a/sys/modules/linux/Makefile
+++ b/sys/modules/linux/Makefile
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ linux${SFX}_support.o: linux${SFX}_assym.h assym.inc
 ${VDSO}.so: linux${SFX}_locore.o
 	${OBJCOPY} --input-target binary --output-target elf64-x86-64-freebsd			\
 	    --binary-architecture i386 linux${SFX}_locore.o ${.TARGET}
-	strip -N _binary_linux${SFX}_locore_o_size ${.TARGET}
+	${STRIPBIN} -N _binary_linux${SFX}_locore_o_size ${.TARGET}
 .else
 ${VDSO}.so: linux${SFX}_locore.o
 	${OBJCOPY} --input-target binary --output-target elf32-i386-freebsd			\
 	    --binary-architecture i386 linux${SFX}_locore.o ${.TARGET}
-	strip -N _binary_linux_locore_o_size ${.TARGET}
+	${STRIPBIN} -N _binary_linux_locore_o_size ${.TARGET}
 .endif
 
 linux${SFX}_genassym.o: offset.inc
diff --git a/sys/modules/linux64/Makefile b/sys/modules/linux64/Makefile
index 046eeeda30f2..33dccc907709 100644
--- a/sys/modules/linux64/Makefile
+++ b/sys/modules/linux64/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ OBJCOPY_TARGET=--output-target elf64-x86-64 --binary-architecture i386:x86-64
 ${VDSO}.so: linux_locore.o
 	${OBJCOPY} --input-target binary ${OBJCOPY_TARGET} -S -g \
 	    linux_locore.o ${.TARGET}
-	strip -N _binary_linux_locore_o_size ${.TARGET}
+	${STRIPBIN} -N _binary_linux_locore_o_size ${.TARGET}
 
 linux_support.o: assym.inc linux_assym.h
 	${CC} -c -x assembler-with-cpp -DLOCORE ${CFLAGS} \