diff --git a/config/zfs-build.m4 b/config/zfs-build.m4
index 59bca5579252..582c479f5b5b 100644
--- a/config/zfs-build.m4
+++ b/config/zfs-build.m4
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_RPM], [
 	RPM_DEFINE_COMMON=${RPM_DEFINE_COMMON}' --define "$(ASAN_ZFS) 1"'
 	RPM_DEFINE_COMMON=${RPM_DEFINE_COMMON}' --define "$(UBSAN_ZFS) 1"'
 
+	AS_IF([test "x$enable_debuginfo" = xyes], [
+		RPM_DEFINE_COMMON=${RPM_DEFINE_COMMON}' --define "__strip /bin/true"'
+	])
+
 	RPM_DEFINE_UTIL=' --define "_initconfdir $(initconfdir)"'
 
 	dnl # Make the next three RPM_DEFINE_UTIL additions conditional, since