diff --git a/org.handhelds.familiar/packages/libxsettings/files/no-install-strip.patch b/org.handhelds.familiar/packages/libxsettings/files/no-install-strip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7adf3c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.handhelds.familiar/packages/libxsettings/files/no-install-strip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: libxsettings-0.11/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- libxsettings-0.11.orig/Makefile	2012-09-01 15:07:25.081764841 -0500
++++ libxsettings-0.11/Makefile	2012-09-01 15:07:59.333613917 -0500
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
+ 
+ install-program: $(LIBXSETTINGS_SO)
+ 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib
+-	install -s $(LIBXSETTINGS_SO) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/$(LIBXSETTINGS_SO)
++	install $(LIBXSETTINGS_SO) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/$(LIBXSETTINGS_SO)
+ 
+ install-devel:
+ 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include
diff --git a/org.handhelds.familiar/packages/libxsettings/libxsettings_0.11.bb b/org.handhelds.familiar/packages/libxsettings/libxsettings_0.11.bb
index 6ff786e..a03dc98 100644
--- a/org.handhelds.familiar/packages/libxsettings/libxsettings_0.11.bb
+++ b/org.handhelds.familiar/packages/libxsettings/libxsettings_0.11.bb
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+inherit gpe
+
 DESCRIPTION = "Common code for XSETTINGS"
 SECTION = "gpe/libs"
 LICENSE = "BSD-X"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
 MAINTAINER = "Philip Blundell <pb@handhelds.org>"
 DEPENDS = "x11"
+PR = "r1"
 
-inherit gpe
+SRC_URI += "file://no-install-strip.patch;patch=1"
 
 headers = "xsettings-common.h"