diff --git a/driver.sh b/driver.sh
index 7a3cfca..a73ef7a 100755
--- a/driver.sh
+++ b/driver.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -eu
 setup_variables() {
   while [[ ${#} -ge 1 ]]; do
     case ${1} in
-      "AR="*|"ARCH="*|"CC="*|"LD="*|"NM"=*|"OBJCOPY"=*|"REPO="*) export "${1?}" ;;
+      "AR="*|"ARCH="*|"CC="*|"LD="*|"NM"=*|"OBJCOPY"=*|"REPO="*|"STRIP"=*) export "${1?}" ;;
       "-c"|"--clean") cleanup=true ;;
       "-j"|"--jobs") shift; jobs=$1 ;;
       "-j"*) jobs=${1/-j} ;;
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ check_dependencies() {
       command -v ${NM} 2>/dev/null && break
     done
   fi
+
+  if [[ -z "${STRIP:-}" ]]; then
+    for STRIP in llvm-strip-9 llvm-strip-8 llvm-strip-7 llvm-strip "${CROSS_COMPILE:-}"strip; do
+      command -v ${STRIP} 2>/dev/null && break
+    done
+  fi
 }
 
 # Optimistically check to see that the user has a llvm-ar
@@ -248,7 +254,8 @@ mako_reactor() {
   KBUILD_BUILD_USER=driver \
   KBUILD_BUILD_HOST=clangbuiltlinux \
   make -j"${jobs:-$(nproc)}" CC="${CC}" HOSTCC="${CC}" LD="${LD}" \
-    HOSTLD="${HOSTLD:-ld}" AR="${AR}" OBJCOPY="${OBJCOPY}" NM="${NM}" "${@}"
+    HOSTLD="${HOSTLD:-ld}" AR="${AR}" OBJCOPY="${OBJCOPY}" NM="${NM}" \
+    STRIP="${STRIP}"  "${@}"
 }
 
 apply_patches() {