diff --git a/project.config b/project.config
index e0467a1..99d1104 100644
--- a/project.config
+++ b/project.config
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ case "$TASK" in
         LINKER_ARGS="$CPP_ARGS $LINKER_LIBS"
         PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_exec.sh
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
+        POST_TASK_SCRIPT="tasks/strip.sh"
         ;;
     # creates executable with debug info and no optimizations
     build_exec_dbg)
diff --git a/tasks/strip.sh b/tasks/strip.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31eb8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/strip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+exe_path="$OUTDIR/$EXEC_FILE"
+myprint "${BLUE}stripping symbols from ${WHITE}$exe_path"
+strip -s "$exe_path"