diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c329057dd2..c013c508c1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3470,6 +3470,7 @@ probe_cc(){
         if [ $pfx = hostcc ]; then
             append _cflags -Dsnprintf=_snprintf
         fi
+        disable stripping
     elif $_cc 2>&1 | grep -q Microsoft; then
         _type=msvc
         _ident=$($cc 2>&1 | head -n1)