diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f4dad7..3c24816 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dist: clean
 
 install: abduco
 	@echo stripping executable
-	@strip -s abduco
+	@${STRIP} abduco
 	@echo installing executable file to ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	@cp -f abduco ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index cbf448c..0a0bbfc 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ LDFLAGS += ${LIBS}
 DEBUG_CFLAGS = ${CFLAGS} -UNDEBUG -O0 -g -ggdb -Wall
 
 CC = cc
+STRIP = strip