diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/strip.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/strip.sh.in
index 688bcf1b..71fe8e88 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/strip.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/tidy/strip.sh.in
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ tidy_strip() {
          if ar t "$binary" &>/dev/null; then # Libraries (.a)
            strip_flags="$STRIP_STATIC"
            STRIPLTO=1
-         elif [[ $binary = *'.ko' ]]; then # Kernel module
+         elif [[ $binary = *'.ko' || $binary = *'.o' ]]; then # Kernel module or object
            strip_flags="$STRIP_SHARED"
          else
            continue