@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 AR=i586-mingw32msvc-ar
 CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
 CXX=i586-mingw32msvc-g++
 RANLIB=i586-mingw32msvc-ranlib
 RC=i586-mingw32msvc-windres
-STRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip
+STRIP="${STRIP:-i586-mingw32msvc-strip}"
 export AR CC CXX RANLIB RC STRIP
 
 ./kitcreator "$@" --host=i586-mingw32msvc