diff -Naur a/hack/make/.dockerinit b/hack/make/.dockerinit
--- a/hack/make/.dockerinit	2015-08-11 18:35:27.000000000 +0200
+++ b/hack/make/.dockerinit	2015-08-12 18:14:25.743452565 +0200
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+/usr/bin/strip -s $DEST/dockerinit-$VERSION
 # sha1 our new dockerinit to ensure separate docker and dockerinit always run in a perfect pair compiled for one another
 export DOCKER_INITSHA1=$($sha1sum "$DEST/dockerinit-$VERSION" | cut -d' ' -f1)
diff --git a/hack/make/.dockerinit-gccgo b/hack/make/.dockerinit-gccgo
index 3caa526..f272d29 100644
--- a/hack/make/.dockerinit-gccgo
+++ b/hack/make/.dockerinit-gccgo
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ else
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+/usr/bin/strip -s $DEST/dockerinit-$VERSION
 # sha1 our new dockerinit to ensure separate docker and dockerinit always run in a perfect pair compiled for one another
 export DOCKER_INITSHA1=$($sha1sum "$DEST/dockerinit-$VERSION" | cut -d' ' -f1)