diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e1c5ae8..5dd0ed3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -605,19 +605,19 @@
 export MODLIB
 
 #
-#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be
-#  stripped after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
-#  the default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
-#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command.
-
+# INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be stripped while
+# they get installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then the default
+# options (see below) will be used.  Otherwise, INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will
+# be used as the option(s) to the objcopy command.
 ifdef INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 ifeq ($(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP),1)
-mod_strip_cmd = $(STRIP) --strip-debug
+mod_strip_cmd = $(OBJCOPY) --strip-debug --strip-symbols \
+		$(srctree)/scripts/strip-symbols --wildcard
 else
-mod_strip_cmd = $(STRIP) $(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP)
+mod_strip_cmd = $(OBJCOPY) $(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP)
 endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1
 else
-mod_strip_cmd = true
+mod_strip_cmd = false
 endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 export mod_strip_cmd