diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.ghc b/ghc-rpm-macros.ghc
index b043fc9..9ee61ce 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.ghc
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.ghc
@@ -199,3 +199,6 @@ This package contains the profiling library.\
 %files -n %{ghc_pkg_name}-prof -f %{ghc_pkg_name}-prof.files\
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)\
 %{nil}
+
+# ghc_strip_shared
+%ghc_strip_shared find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{ghcpkgbasedir} -name "*.so" | xargs strip
diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
index 36b7c3c..14ac62c 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:		ghc-rpm-macros
-Version:	0.5.7
+Version:	0.5.8
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Macros for building packages for GHC
 
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jun 20 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 0.5.8-1
+- add ghc_strip_shared to strip shared libraries
+
 * Sun Jun 20 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 0.5.7-1
 - add comments over macros
 - drop unused cabal_makefile