diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e0a33a9a..1d3bfb7f 100644
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 
 override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=$(APP_NAME)-dbg
+	# MT#7431 those binaries aren't automatically stripped
+	test -r $(CURDIR)/debian/ngcp-sems-libsems1-dev/usr/include/sems/compat/getarch && \
+	  strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --strip-unneeded \
+	  $(CURDIR)/debian/ngcp-sems-libsems1-dev/usr/include/sems/compat/getarch
+	test -r $(CURDIR)/debian/ngcp-sems-libsems1-dev/usr/include/sems/compat/getos && \
+	  strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --strip-unneeded \
+	  $(CURDIR)/debian/ngcp-sems-libsems1-dev/usr/include/sems/compat/getos