diff --git a/qt5-qtbase.spec b/qt5-qtbase.spec
index d638797..014077b 100644
--- a/qt5-qtbase.spec
+++ b/qt5-qtbase.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 Summary: Qt5 - QtBase components
 Name:    qt5-qtbase
 Version: 5.2.1
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 
 # See LGPL_EXCEPTIONS.txt, LICENSE.GPL3, respectively, for exception details
 License: LGPLv2 with exceptions or GPLv3 with exceptions
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@ sed -i -e "s|-O2|$RPM_OPT_FLAGS|g" \
 sed -i -e "s|^\(QMAKE_LFLAGS_RELEASE.*\)|\1 $RPM_LD_FLAGS|" \
   mkspecs/common/g++-unix.conf
 
+# undefine QMAKE_STRIP (and friends), so we get useful -debuginfo pkgs (#1065636)
+sed -i \
+  -e 's|^QMAKE_STRIP             =.*|QMAKE_STRIP             =|' \
+  -e 's|^QMAKE_STRIPFLAGS_LIB   +=.*|QMAKE_STRIPFLAGS_LIB   +=|' \
+  mkspecs/common/linux.conf
+
 # move some bundled libs to ensure they're not accidentally used
 pushd src/3rdparty
 mkdir UNUSED
@@ -685,6 +691,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 18 2014 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 5.2.1-4
+- undefine QMAKE_STRIP (and friends), so we get useful -debuginfo pkgs (#1065636)
+
 * Wed Feb 12 2014 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 5.2.1-3
 - bootstrap for libicu bump