diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 980a31837c35..7ed958a09c0c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4651,7 +4651,7 @@ fi
         _PEDANTIC=
     _IGNORE_LONG_LONG_WARNINGS=
     case $OS_RELEASE in
-	4.*)
+	4.*|5.*)
             STRIP="$STRIP -d"
             ;;
 	*)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9a4fc2fb1b89..4320559cd2b6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ case "$target" in
     _PEDANTIC=
     _IGNORE_LONG_LONG_WARNINGS=
     case $OS_RELEASE in
-	4.*)
+	4.*|5.*)
             STRIP="$STRIP -d"
             ;;
 	*)