diff --git a/math/slatec/Makefile b/math/slatec/Makefile
index 5b2e2ec45ead..6e2bad9ca2b3 100644
--- a/math/slatec/Makefile
+++ b/math/slatec/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ LDADD ?=	-lgfortran -lm
 SRCCONF=	/dev/null
 MAKE_ENV+=	LDADD="${LDADD}" SHLIB_MAJOR="${SHLIB_MAJOR}" \
 		SRCCONF="${SRCCONF}"
+MAKE_ARGS+=	STRIP=${STRIP}
 FFLAGS+=	-std=legacy
 
 # ld.bfd supports neither -z relro nor -z norelro on armv7