@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-# Caution: Fossil likes to remove the executable bit from files.  This is a
-# bug that makes it useless.
-
 PATH="${PATH}:/home/rkeene/root/cross-compilers/mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc/bin"
 AR=mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc-ar
 CC=mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc-gcc
 CXX=mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc-g++
 RANLIB=mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc-ranlib
-STRIP=mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc-strip
+STRIP="${STRIP:-mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc-strip}"
 export PATH AR CC CXX RANLIB STRIP
 
 ./build/make-minkit "$@" --host=mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc