diff --git a/shells/bash/Makefile b/shells/bash/Makefile
index 0adc0671934..6ca0057ef24 100644
--- a/shells/bash/Makefile
+++ b/shells/bash/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.17 2001/01/16 22:29:52 brad Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.18 2001/01/19 15:21:15 brad Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	bash-1.14.7
 PKGNAME=	${DISTNAME}p1
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ FLAVOR?=
 MAKE_ENV=	CPP_DEFINES="-DSYSDEP_LDFLAGS=-static"
 .endif
 
+post-install:
+	@strip ${PREFIX}/bin/bash
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>