diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 53fd61db..b7b65fb1 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='CLI for building, running, testing, and managing your Emacs Lisp dependencies'
 arch=('x86_64')
 makedepends=('npm')
+options=('!strip') # node puts scripts into debug section, so we can't strip it
 url='https://github.com/emacs-eask/cli'
 license=('GPL-3.0')