diff --git a/libraries/libadwaita/libadwaita.SlackBuild b/libraries/libadwaita/libadwaita.SlackBuild
index 3356b40f38..3fe2d20c7b 100644
--- a/libraries/libadwaita/libadwaita.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libadwaita/libadwaita.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=libadwaita
 VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.5}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ meson \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
-  -Dstrip=true \
   -Dgtk_doc=${GTK_DOC:-false} \
   build/
 
@@ -100,8 +99,11 @@ DESTDIR=$PKG $NINJA -C build/ install
 
 rm -f $PKG/{,usr/}lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.la
 
-find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
-  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+# strip, unless debug build requested
+if [[ "$BUILDTYPE" != *"debug"* ]]; then
+  find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+    | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+fi
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \