diff -ur a/fdutils-5.5.ebuild b/fdutils-5.5.ebuild
--- a/fdutils-5.5.ebuild	2008-09-03 04:05:36.000000000 -0500
+++ b/fdutils-5.5.ebuild	2009-02-14 11:52:23.000000000 -0600
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	# from installing
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-no-fd.4-manpage.diff"
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-destdirfix.patch"
+	sed -i -e '/\$(INSTALL) -c/s/ -s / /' src/Makefile.in || die "Failed to sed upstream src/Makefile.in to prevent premature strip"
 }
 
 src_compile() {