diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
index b13eb423e8..72768ee026 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Keg
         perms=0444
         if fo =~ /Mach-O dynamically linked shared library/
           args='-SxX'
-        elsif fo =~ /Mach-O executable/ # defaults strip everything
+        elsif fo =~ /Mach-O [^ ]* executable/ # defaults strip everything
           args='' # still do the strip
           perms=0544
         elsif fo =~ /script text executable/