diff --git a/src/wheel2deb/templates.py b/src/wheel2deb/templates.py
index c4b839f..b3e4204 100644
--- a/src/wheel2deb/templates.py
+++ b/src/wheel2deb/templates.py
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
 
 override_dh_builddeb:
 	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz
+
+
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip --exclude=/dist-packages/
 """
 
 DEBIAN_ENTRYPOINT = """\