diff --git a/fakeroot.spec b/fakeroot.spec
index 8b29dea..cd79efc 100644
--- a/fakeroot.spec
+++ b/fakeroot.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Gives a fake root environment
 Name: fakeroot
 Version: 1.12.4
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPL+
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org/
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ for type in sysv tcp; do
   chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot-0.so 
   mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot-0.so \
      %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot-$type.so
+  strip -s %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot-$type.so
   rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot.so
   rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot.*a*
 done
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot-0.so
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 27 2010 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.12.4-2
+- Strip libfakeroot-*.so (RHBZ#596735).
+- Verified that libguestfs still builds and runs with this change (this
+  represents a fairly aggressive test of fakeroot).
+
 * Fri Jan 29 2010 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.12.4-1
 - Upstream removed the tarball for 1.12.2, which made Source0 invalid.
 - There is a new version (1.12.4), so update to the new version.