diff --git a/python38.spec b/python38.spec
index 4a885d2..bfd2eba 100644
--- a/python38.spec
+++ b/python38.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ URL: https://www.python.org/
 #global prerel ...
 %global upstream_version %{general_version}%{?prerel}
 Version: %{general_version}%{?prerel:~%{prerel}}
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: Python
 
 # Exclude i686 arch. Due to a modularity issue it's being added to the
@@ -1121,6 +1121,11 @@ touch %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/python3-config
 touch %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/python3-debug
 touch %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/python3-debug-config
 
+# Strip the LTO bytecode from python.o
+# Based on the fedora brp-strip-lto scriptlet
+# https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-rpm-config/blob/9dd5528cf9805ebfe31cff04fe7828ad06a6023f/f/brp-strip-lto
+find %{buildroot} -type f -name 'python.o' -print0 | xargs -0 \
+bash -c "strip -p -R .gnu.lto_* -R .gnu.debuglto_* -N __gnu_lto_v1 \"\$@\"" ARG0
 
 # ======================================================
 # Checks for packaging issues
@@ -1827,6 +1832,10 @@ fi
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 18 2023 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 3.8.16-2
+- Strip the LTO bytecode from python.o
+Resolves: rhbz#2213526
+
 * Tue Dec 13 2022 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 3.8.16-1
 - Update to 3.8.16
 - Security fix for CVE-2022-45061