diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 496d71da..05ea2b96 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('thorvg',
         'cpp',
-        default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'b_sanitize=none', 'werror=false', 'optimization=s', 'cpp_std=c++14'],
+        default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'b_sanitize=none', 'werror=false', 'optimization=s', 'cpp_std=c++14', 'strip=true'],
         version : '0.9.99',
         license : 'MIT')
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 93541b1e..d1e84c0a 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ elif (cc.get_id() != 'msvc')
         compiler_flags += ['-mfpu=neon']
     endif
     if get_option('b_sanitize') == 'none'
-        compiler_flags += ['-s', '-fno-exceptions', '-fno-rtti', '-fno-stack-protector', '-fno-math-errno',
+        compiler_flags += ['-fno-exceptions', '-fno-rtti', '-fno-stack-protector', '-fno-math-errno',
                            '-fno-unwind-tables' , '-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables',
                            '-Woverloaded-virtual', '-Wno-unused-parameter']
     endif