diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6705c3af..bd67f31d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ all: $(BIN)
 
 $(BIN): $(OBJ)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
+	strip $(BIN)
 
 noice.o: util.h config.h
 strlcat.o: util.h
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f8e03ce..63009e4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ I chose to fork noice because:
   - Use `-O3` for compilation, fixed warnings
   - Added compilation flag `-march=native`
   - Remove generated config.h on `make clean`
+  - strip the final binary
 
 ### Installation