diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b89d73cbbae..1e21b2f3fac 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2623,6 +2623,14 @@ AC_SUBST(CC)
 AC_SUBST(GXX)
 
 # Set configuration options for make_binary_distribution
+case $SYSTEM_TYPE in
+  *netware*)
+    MAKE_BINARY_DISTRIBUTION_OPTIONS="$MAKE_BINARY_DISTRIBUTION_OPTIONS --no-strip"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    : # no change for other platforms yet
+    ;;
+esac
 AC_SUBST(MAKE_BINARY_DISTRIBUTION_OPTIONS)
 
 # Output results
diff --git a/scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh b/scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh
index b6404a33cc4..8e670f0e6ba 100644
--- a/scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ BIN_FILES="extra/comp_err$BS extra/replace$BS extra/perror$BS \
 if [ $BASE_SYSTEM = "netware" ] ; then
   BIN_FILES="$BIN_FILES \
     netware/mysqld_safe$BS netware/mysql_install_db$BS \
-    netware/init_db.sql netware/test_db.sql$BS \
+    netware/init_db.sql netware/test_db.sql \
     netware/mysqlhotcopy$BS netware/libmysql$BS netware/init_secure_db.sql \
     ";
 # For all other platforms: