diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 2b74063..0166925 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ stripbin() {
 	msg "Stripping binaries"
 	scanelf --recursive --nobanner --etype "ET_DYN,ET_EXEC" . \
 		| sed -e 's:^ET_DYN ::' -e 's:^ET_EXEC ::' \
-		| xargs -r strip
+		| xargs -r ${CROSS_COMPILE}strip
 }
 
 # simply list target apks