diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2d78b64df..36fa01e46 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+linux (4.7.4-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * [hppa,mips*,powerpc*] linux-image: Strip debug symbols from vmlinux
+    (really closes: #837588)
+
+ -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:50:40 +0100
+
 linux (4.7.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * [arm64] Revert "arm64: Define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH for ARCH_DLINFO"
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index 895d52b53..647cd2d83 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -383,7 +383,12 @@ install-image_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR):
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_prep
 	dh_installdirs 'boot'
+ifeq ($(IMAGE_FILE),vmlinux)
+# This is the unprocessed ELF image, so we need to strip debug symbols
+	$(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy --strip-debug '$(DIR)/vmlinux' $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(IMAGE_INSTALL_STEM)-$(REAL_VERSION)
+else
 	install -m644 '$(DIR)/$(IMAGE_FILE)' $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(IMAGE_INSTALL_STEM)-$(REAL_VERSION)
+endif
 	+$(MAKE_SELF) \
 	  install-image_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)_dt \
 	  DIR='$(DIR)' PACKAGE_DIR='$(PACKAGE_DIR)' REAL_VERSION='$(REAL_VERSION)'