diff --git a/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go b/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
index 35f6097..2b0f57e 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
@@ -789,7 +789,6 @@
 		Flag("--generate-build-id").
 		Flag("--image-format=lz4hc").
 		FlagWithArg("--oat-symbols=", symbolsFile.String()).
-		Flag("--strip").
 		FlagWithArg("--oat-file=", outputPath.String()).
 		FlagWithArg("--oat-location=", oatLocation).
 		FlagWithArg("--image=", imagePath.String()).
@@ -799,6 +798,11 @@
 		Flag("--force-determinism").
 		Flag("--abort-on-hard-verifier-error")
 
+	// We don't strip on host to make perf tools work.
+	if image.target.Os == android.Android {
+		cmd.Flag("--strip")
+	}
+
 	// If the image is profile-guided but the profile is disabled, we omit "--compiler-filter" to
 	// leave the decision to dex2oat to pick the compiler filter.
 	if !(image.isProfileGuided() && global.DisableGenerateProfile) {