diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 704e9ff..6ea43ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 + Added functions:
     + `file_copy_default_if_not_present()`
     + `replace_var_value_in_script()`
++ Added task scripts:
+    + `strip_exec.sh` - enabled in default config in task `build_exec`
 
 ## 2.2.4
 + *default config*: C standard changed to C99
diff --git a/default_tasks/strip_exec.sh b/default_tasks/strip_exec.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31eb8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default_tasks/strip_exec.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+exe_path="$OUTDIR/$EXEC_FILE"
+myprint "${BLUE}stripping symbols from ${WHITE}$exe_path"
+strip -s "$exe_path"
diff --git a/project.config.default b/project.config.default
index cf153b1..b448d7f 100644
--- a/project.config.default
+++ b/project.config.default
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ case "$TASK" in
         LINKER_ARGS="$CPP_ARGS $LINKER_LIBS"
         PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=""
         TASK_SCRIPT="@cbuild/default_tasks/build_exec.sh"
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=""
+        POST_TASK_SCRIPT="@cbuild/default_tasks/strip_exec.sh"
         ;;
     # creates executable with debug info and no optimizations
     build_exec_dbg)