diff --git a/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh b/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
index 4384373c2..08015f655 100644
--- a/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function recipe_stage {
 
     for bin in "${BINS[@]}"
     do
-        cp -v "target/$TARGET/$build/$bin" "$1/bin"
+        "$STRIP" -v "target/$TARGET/$build/$bin" -o "$1/bin/$bin"
     done
 
     cp -Rv "res" "$1/etc"