diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 54cbb2429..5933df708 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND cmake .)
 # strip binaries in release mode
 if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release)
   if ((NOT DEFINED DISABLE_STRIP) OR (NOT ${DISABLE_STRIP} MATCHES "true"))
-    message(STATUS "[build] binary stripping enabled")
-    add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/strip-nix.sh")
+    message(STATUS "[build] binary stripping enabled for ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+    add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/strip-nix.sh" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
   else()
     message(STATUS "[build] DISABLE_STRIP=true, *NOT* stripping binaries.")
   endif()
diff --git a/strip-nix.sh b/strip-nix.sh
index 69abe000a..aa4ea62e5 100755
--- a/strip-nix.sh
+++ b/strip-nix.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-strip ./bin/musikcube
-strip ./bin/musikcubed
-find ./bin/ -name "*.so" -exec strip "{}" \; 2> /dev/null
+DIR=$1
+if [ -z "$DIR" ]; then
+  echo "[strip] directory not specified, using current working directory"
+  DIR=`pwd`
+fi
+echo "[strip] resolved directory: ${DIR}"
+strip "$DIR/bin/musikcube"
+strip "$DIR/bin/musikcubed"
+find "$DIR/bin/" -name "*.so" -exec strip "{}" \; 2> /dev/null
+echo "[strip] finished"