diff --git a/qtcreator.qbp b/qtcreator.qbp
index 65b61a7e0205608a3b63f4521b2785a00f39569b..2994372c5f4afed6e21766fe61135d46493fd4e8 100644
--- a/qtcreator.qbp
+++ b/qtcreator.qbp
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ Project {
 
         cpp.rpaths: ["$ORIGIN/../lib/qtcreator"]
         cpp.defines: project.additionalCppDefines
+        cpp.linkerFlags: {
+            if (qbs.buildVariant == "release" && (qbs.toolchain == "gcc" || qbs.toolchain == "mingw"))
+                return ["-Wl,-s"]
+        }
         cpp.includePaths: [
             "src",
             "src/libs",
diff --git a/src/libs/QtcLibrary.qbs b/src/libs/QtcLibrary.qbs
index a8e02d738ac6cdf564f8090ed29124c4711de4ae..efacb4adf12b0d0266577aae4153d233b90103ae 100644
--- a/src/libs/QtcLibrary.qbs
+++ b/src/libs/QtcLibrary.qbs
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import qbs.base 1.0
 
 DynamicLibrary {
+    Depends { name: "cpp" }
+    cpp.linkerFlags: {
+        if (qbs.buildVariant == "release" && (qbs.toolchain == "gcc" || qbs.toolchain == "mingw"))
+            return ["-Wl,-s"]
+    }
+
     destination: {
         if (qbs.targetOS == "windows")
             return "bin"
diff --git a/src/plugins/QtcPlugin.qbs b/src/plugins/QtcPlugin.qbs
index 239fb4712a370cfa7508bacff602fdf03dd27b6c..83b33f78d1ce10a04804c08be6b4f3a0a9da0d37 100644
--- a/src/plugins/QtcPlugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/QtcPlugin.qbs
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ Product {
     }
 
     Depends { name: "pluginspec" }
-    Depends { name: 'cpp' }
+    Depends { name: "cpp" }
     cpp.defines: [name.toUpperCase() + "_LIBRARY"]
     cpp.rpaths: ["$ORIGIN/../../.."]
+    cpp.linkerFlags: {
+        if (qbs.buildVariant == "release" && (qbs.toolchain == "gcc" || qbs.toolchain == "mingw"))
+            return ["-Wl,-s"]
+    }
 
     Group {
         files: [ name + ".pluginspec.in" ]
diff --git a/src/tools/QtcTool.qbs b/src/tools/QtcTool.qbs
index 2c8c43f767d305628e53fd3fcabfc67bfa7561f0..9632ecc0982b9fa18580dc4338276a62ca77fd55 100644
--- a/src/tools/QtcTool.qbs
+++ b/src/tools/QtcTool.qbs
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import qbs.base 1.0
 
 Application {
+    Depends { name: "cpp" }
+    cpp.linkerFlags: {
+        if (qbs.buildVariant == "release" && (qbs.toolchain == "gcc" || qbs.toolchain == "mingw"))
+            return ["-Wl,-s"]
+    }
+
     destination: "bin"
 }