diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4817bf225..cb1dd09a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -328,3 +328,9 @@ endif()
 # they don't yet exist!
 add_custom_target(postbuild ALL DEPENDS musikcube musikcubed)
 add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND cmake .)
+
+# strip binaries in release mode
+if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release)
+  message(STATUS "stripping binaries...")
+  add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND ./strip-nix.sh)
+endif()
diff --git a/strip-nix.sh b/strip-nix.sh
index 0f890bd8a..69abe000a 100755
--- a/strip-nix.sh
+++ b/strip-nix.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 strip ./bin/musikcube
 strip ./bin/musikcubed
-find . -name "*.so" -exec strip "{}" \; 2> /dev/null
+find ./bin/ -name "*.so" -exec strip "{}" \; 2> /dev/null