diff --git a/gmsh.spec b/gmsh.spec
index 8bfdc5211846eb23939123efe0a5cee7c77f86d6..72542f19b425fdd23ce6e989b0c069afec0e40ca 100644
--- a/gmsh.spec
+++ b/gmsh.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ and/or post-processor.
 make distrib-unix
 make converters
 make doc-info
+strip bin/gmsh
 rm -rf CVS */CVS */*/CVS
 
 %install