diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-qmk/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-qmk/PKGBUILD
index 9b97f902ff..92216fc18f 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-qmk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-qmk/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32')
 url='https://github.com/qmk/qmk_cli'
 license=('MIT')
+options=('!strip')
 depends=("git"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-dotty-dict"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-hid"