diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/kiwix_lib.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/kiwix_lib.py
index 6332394..ea3f8ef 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/kiwix_lib.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/kiwix_lib.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Kiwixlib(Dependency):
 
     class Builder(MesonBuilder):
         dependencies = ["pugixml", "libzim", "zlib", "lzma", "libcurl", "icu4c", "mustache"]
+        strip_option = ''
 
         @property
         def configure_option(self):
diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/libzim.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/libzim.py
index fdcff3a..ed0ea24 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/libzim.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/libzim.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Libzim(Dependency):
     class Builder(MesonBuilder):
         test_option = "-t 8"
         dependencies = ['zlib', 'lzma', 'xapian-core', 'icu4c']
+        strip_option = ''
 
         @property
         def configure_option(self):