diff --git a/tools/make_linux_package.sh b/tools/make_linux_package.sh
index d45f98560978c6941f352caf7d330060f30ef01a..1402f3d3af9ccf8d904ef9f86043d0549e88950d 100755
--- a/tools/make_linux_package.sh
+++ b/tools/make_linux_package.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ EOF
 chmod +x $DEST/generator-bin/protoc
 
 # Remove debugging symbols to reduce size of package
-( cd $DEST; strip *.so )
+( cd $DEST/generator-bin; strip *.so )
 
 # Tar it all up
 ( cd dist; tar -czf $VERSION.tar.gz $VERSION )