diff --git a/sysutils/ncdu2/Makefile b/sysutils/ncdu2/Makefile
index 7ec06091f303..00f3d4401a94 100644
--- a/sysutils/ncdu2/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ncdu2/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	ncdu
 PORTVERSION=	2.2.2
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	2
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	NCurses Disk Usage (stable version written in Zig)
 WWW=		https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu \
 		https://code.blicky.net/yorhel/ncdu
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSES/MIT.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	zig>=0.10.0<0.10.1_99:lang/zig
 
 USES=		ncurses
 
 BUILD_ARGS=	--prefix "${PREFIX}" --verbose
 MAKE_ENV=	DESTDIR="${STAGEDIR}"
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/ncdu2 \
 		share/man/man1/ncdu2.1.gz
 
 do-build:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} zig build ${BUILD_ARGS}
 
 do-install:
+.if !defined(WITH_DEBUG)
 	/usr/bin/llvm-strip ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/ncdu
+.endif
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/ncdu ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/ncdu2
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/ncdu.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/ncdu2.1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>