diff --git a/meta/classes/toolchain/clang.bbclass b/meta/classes/toolchain/clang.bbclass
index 7c6ed57fb3..b6ba1fde6f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/toolchain/clang.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/toolchain/clang.bbclass
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ TUNE_CCARGS += "${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "usrmerge", " --dyld-pre
 LDFLAGS:append:class-nativesdk:x86-64 = " -Wl,-dynamic-linker,${base_libdir}/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2"
 LDFLAGS:append:class-nativesdk:aarch64 = " -Wl,-dynamic-linker,${base_libdir}/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1"
 
+# do_populate_sysroot needs STRIP
+POPULATESYSROOTDEPS:append:class-target = " ${MLPREFIX}clang-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}:do_populate_sysroot"
+
 TCOVERRIDE = "toolchain-clang"