diff --git a/pisi/constants.py b/pisi/constants.py
index 11d03ffc..10d81652 100644
--- a/pisi/constants.py
+++ b/pisi/constants.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class Constants:
         self.__c.work_dir_suffix = "/work"       # these, too, because we might wanna change 'em
         self.__c.install_dir_suffix  = "/install"
         self.__c.debug_dir_suffix  = "/debug"
+        self.__c.debug_files_suffix  = "/usr/lib/debug"
         self.__c.quilt_dir_suffix  = "/patches"
 
         # file/directory names
diff --git a/pisi/util.py b/pisi/util.py
index c8346bab..f73c2e67 100644
--- a/pisi/util.py
+++ b/pisi/util.py
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ def strip_directory(top, excludelist=[]):
             frpath = join_path(root, fn)
             drpath = join_path(os.path.dirname(top),
                                ctx.const.debug_dir_suffix,
+                               ctx.const.debug_files_suffix,
                                remove_prefix(top, frpath))
 
             # Some upstream sources have buggy libtool and ltmain.sh with them,