--- BinariesCheck.py
+++ BinariesCheck.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
     undef_regex=re.compile('^undefined symbol:\s+(\S+)')
     unused_regex=re.compile('^\s+(\S+)')
     debug_file_regex=re.compile('\.debug$')
+    debuginfo_regex=re.compile('^\s+\[\s*\d+\]\s+\.debug_.*\s+')
+    symtab_regex=re.compile('^\s+\[\s*\d+\]\s+\.symtab\s+')
 
     def __init__(self, pkg, path, file, is_ar):
         self.had_error=0
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@
         self.non_pic=1
         self.stack = 0
         self.exec_stack = 0
+        self.debuginfo=0
+        self.symtab=0
 
         is_debug=BinaryInfo.debug_file_regex.search(path)
 
@@ -87,6 +91,14 @@
                         self.exec_stack = 1
                     continue
 
+                if BinaryInfo.debuginfo_regex.search(l):
+                    self.debuginfo=1
+                    continue
+
+                if BinaryInfo.symtab_regex.search(l):
+                    self.symtab=1
+                    continue
+
             if self.non_pic:
                 self.non_pic=BinaryInfo.non_pic_regex.search(res[1])
         else:
@@ -216,6 +228,17 @@
                         # inspect binary file
                         bin_info=BinaryInfo(pkg, pkg.dirName()+i[0], i[0], is_ar)
 
+                        # stripped static library
+                        if is_ar:
+                            if bin_info.had_error:
+                                pass
+                            elif not bin_info.symtab:
+                                printError(pkg, 'static-library-without-symtab', i[0])
+                            elif not bin_info.debuginfo and \
+                                    (os.environ.get('BUILD_IS_RUNNING', None) == None or \
+                                         os.environ.get('BUILD_DEBUG_FLAGS','').find('-g') != -1):
+                                printWarning(pkg, 'static-library-without-debuginfo', i[0])
+
                         # so name in library
                         if so_regex.search(i[0]):
                             has_lib.append(i[0])
@@ -430,6 +453,14 @@
 'ldd-failed',
 '''Executing ldd on this file failed, all checks could not be run.''',
 
+'static-library-without-symtab',
+'''The static library doesn't contain any symbols and therefore can't be linked
+against. This may indicated that it was strip.''',
+
+'static-library-without-debuginfo',
+'''The static library doesn't contain any debuginfo. Binaries linking against
+this static library can't be properly debugged.''',
+
 'executable-stack',
 '''The binary declares the stack as executable.  Executable stack is usually an
 error as it is only needed if the code contains GCC trampolines or similar