2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 70e9a27ff..925cb8a62 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ openssh (1:5.1p1-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Remove unnecessary ssh-vulnkey output in non-verbose mode when no
     compromised or unknown keys were found (closes: #496495).
+  * Configure with --disable-strip; dh_strip will deal with stripping
+    binaries and will honour DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS (thanks, Bernhard R. Link;
+    closes: #498681).
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:52:33 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fb3f3a138..39bd33f12 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ SUPERUSER_PATH := /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/
 confflags += --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh --libexecdir=/usr/lib/openssh --mandir=/usr/share/man
 
 # Common build options.
+confflags += --disable-strip
 confflags += --with-mantype=doc
 confflags += --with-4in6
 confflags += --with-privsep-path=/var/run/sshd