diff --git a/srcpkgs/rmlint/patches/do-not-strip.patch b/srcpkgs/rmlint/patches/do-not-strip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4edc4f442fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rmlint/patches/do-not-strip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Index: rmlint-2.10.1/SConstruct
+===================================================================
+--- rmlint-2.10.1.orig/SConstruct
++++ rmlint-2.10.1/SConstruct
+@@ -718,25 +718,19 @@ O_DEBUG   = 'g' # The optimisation level
+ O_RELEASE = '2' # The optimisation level for a release build
+ 
+ # build modes
++O_value = None
+ if ARGUMENTS.get('DEBUG') == "1":
+     print("Compiling in debug mode")
+     conf.env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DRM_DEBUG', '-fno-inline'])
+     O_value = ARGUMENTS.get('O', O_DEBUG)
+ else:
+     conf.env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DG_DISABLE_ASSERT', '-DNDEBUG'])
+-    conf.env.Append(LINKFLAGS=['-s'])
+-    O_value = ARGUMENTS.get('O', O_RELEASE)
+ 
+ if O_value == 'debug':
+     O_value = O_DEBUG
+ elif O_value == 'release':
+     O_value = O_RELEASE
+ 
+-cc_O_option = '-O' + O_value
+-
+-print("Using compiler optimisation {} (to change, run scons with O=[0|1|2|3|s|fast])".format(cc_O_option))
+-conf.env.Append(CCFLAGS=[cc_O_option])
+-
+ if ARGUMENTS.get('SYMBOLS') == '1':
+     print("Compiling with debugging symbols")
+     conf.env.Append(CCFLAGS='-g3')
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rmlint/template b/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
index 2a8787bd1b4..12be638d0d8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rmlint'
 pkgname=rmlint
 version=2.10.1
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=scons
 make_build_args="VERBOSE=1"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-Sphinx glib-devel"