diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
index 53032e57ed6..2708620140a 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
@@ -303,6 +303,18 @@ fi
 (cd "${DESTDIR}" && find . -type l -printf '%p %Y\n' | sed -n 's/ [LN]$//p' \
 	| xargs ${xargs_verbose:-} -rL1 rm -f)
 
+# Remove debugging symbols from binaries.
+if command -v strip 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
+	find ${DESTDIR} -type f | while read f; do
+		case "$(file -bi "$f")" in
+		application/x-executable*|application/x-sharedlib*|application/x-archive*)
+			strip --strip-unneeded "$f"
+			[ "${verbose}" = y ] && \
+				echo "Stripped symbols from $f."
+		esac
+	done
+fi
+
 [ "${verbose}" = y ] && echo "Building cpio ${outfile} initramfs"
 (
 # work around lack of "set -o pipefail" for the following pipe:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
index b6a5d41cd35..9d1b3af1a13 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'initramfs-tools'
 pkgname=initramfs-tools
-_localver=111		# This is the XBPS version
+_localver=112		# This is the XBPS version
 _distver=0.99		# This should match debian version
 version=${_distver}.${_localver}
 short_desc="Tools for generating an initramfs"