@@ -283,10 +283,12 @@
 		DC_DO_STATIC_LINK_LIB([C++ Library (UNIX)], [-lstdc++])
 	])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN(DC_FIND_TCLKIT_LIBS, [
+	AC_CHECK_TOOL(OBJCOPY, objcopy, [:])
+
 	DC_SETUP_TCL_PLAT_DEFS
 
 	WISH_CFLAGS=""
 
 	dnl We will need this for the Tcl project, which we will always have
@@ -300,19 +302,23 @@
 		libfilesnostub="`find "${libdir}" -name '*.a' 2>/dev/null | grep -v 'stub' | tr "\n" ' '`"
 
 		for libfile in ${libfiles}; do
 			LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L`dirname "${libfile}"`"
 		done
+
+		hide_symbols="1"
 
 		if test "$proj" = "tcl"; then
 			DC_TEST_WHOLE_ARCHIVE_SHARED_LIB([$ARCHS $libfilesnostub], [
 				libfiles="${libfilesnostub}"
 			], [
 				DC_TEST_WHOLE_ARCHIVE_SHARED_LIB([$ARCHS $libfiles], [
 					libfiles="${libfiles}"
 				])
 			])
+
+			hide_symbols="0"
 		fi
 
 		if test "${proj}" = "mk4tcl"; then
 			if test -n "$libfiles"; then
 				AC_DEFINE(KIT_INCLUDES_MK4TCL, [1], [Specify this if you link against mkt4tcl])
@@ -338,20 +344,28 @@
 				fi
 
 				if test "$host_os" = "mingw32msvc" -o "$host_os" = "mingw32"; then
 					WISH_CFLAGS="-mwindows"
 				fi
+
+				hide_symbols="0"
 			fi
 		fi
 
 		ARCHS="${ARCHS} ${libfiles}"
 
 		AC_MSG_RESULT([${libfiles}])
+
+		if test "${hide_symbols}" = "1"; then
+			STRIPLIBS="${STRIPLIBS} ${libfiles}"
+		fi
+
 	done
 
 	AC_SUBST(WISH_CFLAGS)
 	AC_SUBST(ARCHS)
+	AC_SUBST(STRIPLIBS)
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN(DC_CHECK_FOR_ACCEPTABLE_DLADDR, [
 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(dlfcn.h)
 	AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dladdr)