diff -r 1ccc02a7676b wscript
--- a/wscript	Wed Sep 16 15:03:25 2009 +0100
+++ b/wscript	Thu Sep 17 16:53:08 2009 +0400
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@
                    help=('Compile NS-3 statically: works only on linux, without python'),
                    dest='enable_static', action='store_true',
                    default=False)
+    opt.add_option('--enable-strip', 
+                   help=('Remove all symbol table and relocation information from the executable'),
+                   dest='enable_strip', action='store_true',
+                   default=False)
 
     # options provided in a script in a subdirectory named "src"
     opt.sub_options('src')
@@ -324,6 +328,15 @@
 
     conf.report_optional_feature("ENABLE_SUDO", "Use sudo to set suid bit", env['ENABLE_SUDO'], why_not_sudo)
 
+    # enable executables strip
+    if Options.options.enable_strip:
+        env['ENABLE_STRIP'] = True
+        conf.report_optional_feature("strip", "Strip executables", True, '')
+    else:
+        env['ENABLE_STRIP'] = False
+        conf.report_optional_feature("strip", "Strip executables", False,
+                                     "option --enable-strip not selected")
+
     # we cannot pull regression traces without mercurial
     conf.find_program('hg', var='MERCURIAL')
 
@@ -441,6 +454,8 @@
             program.env.append_value('LINKFLAGS', '-Wl,--whole-archive,-Bstatic')
             program.env.append_value('LINKFLAGS', '-lns3')
             program.env.append_value('LINKFLAGS', '-Wl,-Bdynamic,--no-whole-archive')
+    if program.env['ENABLE_STRIP']:
+        program.env.append_value('LINKFLAGS', '-s')
     return program
 
 def add_scratch_programs(bld):