diff --git a/pkgs/games/bsdgames/default.nix b/pkgs/games/bsdgames/default.nix
index 34d767bf310..ef30a3d350c 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/bsdgames/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/bsdgames/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, openssl, flex, bison, less, miscfiles}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, openssl, flex, bison, less, miscfiles }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "bsd-games-2.17";
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
+  makeFlags = [ "STRIP=" ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     cat > config.params << EOF
     bsd_games_cfg_man6dir=$out/share/man/man6