diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index a669f65..d52c0bf 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -2247,6 +2247,10 @@ stripbin() {
 	msg "Stripping binaries"
 	scanelf --recursive --nobanner --osabi --etype "ET_DYN,ET_EXEC" . \
 		| while read type osabi filename; do
+
+		# scanelf may have picked up a temp file so verify that file still exists
+		[ -e "$filename" ] || continue
+
 		[ "$osabi" != "STANDALONE" ] || continue
 		local XATTR=$(getfattr --match="" --dump "${filename}")
 		"${stripcmd}" "${filename}"