diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hugs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hugs/default.nix
index 14afe0279c38..2177ae22db56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hugs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hugs/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   postUnpack = "find -type f -exec sed -i 's@/bin/cp@cp@' {} +";
 
+  preConfigure = "unset STRIP";
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-char-encoding=utf8"       # require that the UTF-8 encoding is always used
     "--disable-path-canonicalization"