diff --git a/src/stub/util/sstrip/Makefile b/src/stub/util/sstrip/Makefile
index dad4c92a..360ba877 100644
--- a/src/stub/util/sstrip/Makefile
+++ b/src/stub/util/sstrip/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #  Makefile for sstrip
 
 sstrip: sstrip.c
-	gcc -ggdb -Wall -W -o sstrip sstrip.c
+	gcc -O2 -g -Wall -W -o sstrip sstrip.c
 
 clean:
 	rm -f sstrip