diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/camlp5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/camlp5/default.nix
index 12148625a05b..bc98e6454d1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/camlp5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/camlp5/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   postInstall = "cp ${metafile} $out/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/camlp5/META";
 
+  dontStrip = true;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Preprocessor-pretty-printer for OCaml";
     longDescription = ''