diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 71a7c7da8a..97cbfebb19 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -154,12 +154,14 @@ choice
 
 	config USE_STRIP
 		bool "strip"
+		depends !DEBUG
 		help
 		  This will install binaries stripped using strip from binutils
 
 
 	config USE_SSTRIP
 		bool "sstrip"
+		depends !DEBUG
 		depends !USE_GLIBC
 		depends !USE_EGLIBC
 		help