diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 01dca6b80..f94f9b1b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ if(BUILD_ANDROID)
         CACHE STRING
         "The Android toolchain file")
 
+    option(STRIP_ANDROID_LIBRARY "Strip the resulting android library" OFF)
+
     # Set same default API level for ANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a as for arm64-v8a.
     set( ANDROID_DEFAULT_NDK_API_LEVEL_arm 21 )
 
diff --git a/renderdoc/CMakeLists.txt b/renderdoc/CMakeLists.txt
index 040561343..682aab380 100644
--- a/renderdoc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/renderdoc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@ if(ANDROID)
     set_target_properties(renderdoc PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--build-id")
     # rename output library
     set_target_properties(renderdoc PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "VkLayer_GLES_RenderDoc")
+
+    if(STRIP_ANDROID_LIBRARY AND CMAKE_STRIP AND CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
+        add_custom_command(TARGET renderdoc POST_BUILD
+            COMMAND echo Stripping $<TARGET_FILE:renderdoc>
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} --strip-unneeded $<TARGET_FILE:renderdoc>)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 install (TARGETS renderdoc DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/${LIB_SUBFOLDER})
diff --git a/renderdoccmd/CMakeLists.txt b/renderdoccmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 86c55d0b0..9cb42afd9 100644
--- a/renderdoccmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/renderdoccmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ if(ANDROID)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "ANDROID_SDK environment variable must be defined for Android build")
     endif()
 
+    if(STRIP_ANDROID_LIBRARY AND CMAKE_STRIP AND CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
+        add_custom_command(TARGET renderdoccmd POST_BUILD
+            COMMAND echo Stripping $<TARGET_FILE:renderdoccmd>
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} --strip-unneeded $<TARGET_FILE:renderdoccmd>)
+    endif()
+
     set(ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Version of Android build-tools to use instead of the default")
     if(ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION STREQUAL "")
         set(ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION "26.0.1")