diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index 24316c0..49f774c 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ for header in curses.h unctrl.h eti.h form.h menu.h panel.h term.h
    do ln -sf ncurses/${header} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_includedir}/${header}
 done
 
-find ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir} | grep -e "so.%{version}$" |  xargs strip --strip-unneeded
+#find ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir} | grep -e "so.%{version}$" |  xargs strip --strip-unneeded
+
+for sofile in form formw menu menuw panel panelw ncurses ncursesw
+do
+  strip --strip-unneeded ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/lib${sofile}.so.%{version}
+done
 
 ln -sf libncurses.a ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libcurses.a
 ln -sf libncursesw.a ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libcursesw.a