diff -ru a/kvm-85-r1.ebuild b/kvm-85-r1.ebuild
--- a/kvm-85-r1.ebuild	2009-04-28 13:05:33.000000000 -0500
+++ b/kvm-85-r1.ebuild	2009-05-01 23:10:43.000000000 -0500
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@
 	[[ -x /sbin/paxctl ]] && \
 		sed -i 's/^VL_LDFLAGS=$/VL_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,execheap/' \
 			qemu/Makefile.target
-	# avoid strip
-	sed -i 's/$(INSTALL) -m 755 -s/$(INSTALL) -m 755/' qemu/Makefile
 
 	# Kernel patch; doesn't apply
 	rm "${WORKDIR}/${PATCHSET}"/07_all_kernel-longmode.patch
@@ -116,6 +114,7 @@
 	use pulseaudio && audio_opts="pa $audio_opts"
 	use sdl && audio_opts="sdl $audio_opts"
 	conf_opts="$conf_opts --prefix=/usr"
+	conf_opts="$conf_opts --disable-strip"
 	if has_multilib_profile && [[ "${DEFAULT_ABI}" == "x86" ]] ; then
 		conf_opts="$conf_opts --arch=i686"
 	fi