diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 876f671..42fe1a3 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -721,6 +721,11 @@
 # Depmod requires a well-formed kernel version so 0.0 is used as a placeholder.
 DEPMOD_STAGING_SUBDIR :=$= lib/modules/0.0
 
+define copy-and-strip-kernel-module
+$(2): $(1)
+	$($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_STRIP) -o $(2) --strip-debug $(1)
+endef
+
 # $(1): modules list
 # $(2): output dir
 # $(3): mount point
@@ -728,9 +733,15 @@
 # $(5): module load list
 # $(6): module load list filename
 # $(7): module archive
+# $(8): staging dir for stripped modules
 # Returns the a list of src:dest pairs to install the modules using copy-many-files.
 define build-image-kernel-modules
-  $(foreach module,$(1),$(module):$(2)/lib/modules/$(notdir $(module))) \
+  $(foreach module,$(1), \
+    $(eval _src := $(module)) \
+    $(if $(8), \
+      $(eval _src := $(8)/$(notdir $(module))) \
+      $(eval $(call copy-and-strip-kernel-module,$(module),$(_src)))) \
+    $(_src):$(2)/lib/modules/$(notdir $(module))) \
   $(eval $(call build-image-kernel-modules-depmod,$(1),$(3),$(4),$(5),$(6),$(7),$(2))) \
   $(4)/$(DEPMOD_STAGING_SUBDIR)/modules.dep:$(2)/lib/modules/modules.dep \
   $(4)/$(DEPMOD_STAGING_SUBDIR)/modules.alias:$(2)/lib/modules/modules.alias \
@@ -830,34 +841,39 @@
       ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call module-load-list-copy-paths,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,ramdisk_modules),$(BOARD_GENERIC_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,$(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)))
     endif
   endif
-  ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_recovery),$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load.recovery,$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE)))
+  ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_recovery),$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load.recovery,$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE),))
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(strip $(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES))$(strip $(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE)),)
   ifeq ($(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),)
     BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD := $(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES)
   endif
-  ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_VENDOR_RAMDISK_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_vendor_ramdisk),$(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,$(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE)))
+  ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_VENDOR_RAMDISK_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_vendor_ramdisk),$(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,$(BOARD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE),$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_vendor_ramdisk_stripped)))
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT), true)
   ifneq ($(strip $(BOARD_GENERIC_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES)),)
-    ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_GENERIC_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_RAMDISK_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_ramdisk),$(BOARD_GENERIC_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,))
+    ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_GENERIC_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_RAMDISK_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_ramdisk),$(BOARD_GENERIC_RAMDISK_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,,))
   endif
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(BOARD_DO_NOT_STRIP_VENDOR_MODULES),true)
+	VENDOR_STRIPPED_MODULE_STAGING_DIR := $(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_vendor_stripped)
+else
+	VENDOR_STRIPPED_MODULE_STAGING_DIR :=
+endif
 ifneq ($(strip $(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES)$(strip $(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE))),)
   ifeq ($(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),)
     BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD := $(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES)
   endif
-  ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR),vendor,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_vendor),$(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,$(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE)))
+  ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR),vendor,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_vendor),$(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,$(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE),$(VENDOR_STRIPPED_MODULE_STAGING_DIR)))
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(strip $(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES))$(strip $(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE)),)
   ifeq ($(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),)
     BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD := $(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES)
   endif
-  ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_OUT_ODM),odm,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_odm),$(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,$(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE)))
+  ALL_DEFAULT_INSTALLED_MODULES += $(call copy-many-files,$(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_OUT_ODM),odm,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_odm),$(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES_LOAD),modules.load,$(BOARD_ODM_KERNEL_MODULES_ARCHIVE),))
 endif
 
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