diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f4e0a937..48fbccbd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-12-08  Stefan Jahn  <stefan@lkcc.org>
+
+	* configure.ac:  Fixed Debian bug #437876 (handling nostrip build
+	option).
+
 2007-09-17  Stefan Jahn  <stefan@lkcc.org>
 
 	* Loads of changes to avoid the "deprecated conversion from string
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 09c83988..265c2d8d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ else
   if test "x$GCC" = xyes; then
     CFLAGS="`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e 's/\-g //g'`"
     CXXFLAGS="`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e 's/\-g //g'`"
-    case $host_os in
-      *darwin*) LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" ;;
-      *)        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -s" ;;
-    esac
+# disable stripping (debian bug #437876)
+#    case $host_os in
+#      *darwin*) LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" ;;
+#      *)        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -s" ;;
+#    esac
   fi
 fi
 unset enable_debug