diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 2bc2c61dd..d9a754af9 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	- In unbound.conf directory: dir immediately changes to that directory,
 	  so that include: file below that is relative to that directory.
 	  With chroot, make the directory an absolute path inside chroot.
+	- keep debug symbols in windows build.
 
 9 June 2016: Wouter
 	- Trunk is called 1.5.10 (with previous fixes already in there to 2
diff --git a/makedist.sh b/makedist.sh
index 6f483ef31..f6375e99e 100755
--- a/makedist.sh
+++ b/makedist.sh
@@ -319,14 +319,15 @@ if [ "$DOWIN" = "yes" ]; then
     rm -f $file
     info "Creating $file"
     mkdir tmp.$$
-    $strip unbound.exe
-    $strip anchor-update.exe
-    $strip unbound-control.exe
-    $strip unbound-host.exe
-    $strip unbound-anchor.exe
-    $strip unbound-checkconf.exe
-    $strip unbound-service-install.exe
-    $strip unbound-service-remove.exe
+    # keep debug symbols
+    #$strip unbound.exe
+    #$strip anchor-update.exe
+    #$strip unbound-control.exe
+    #$strip unbound-host.exe
+    #$strip unbound-anchor.exe
+    #$strip unbound-checkconf.exe
+    #$strip unbound-service-install.exe
+    #$strip unbound-service-remove.exe
     cd tmp.$$
     cp ../doc/example.conf ../doc/Changelog .
     cp ../unbound.exe ../unbound-anchor.exe ../unbound-host.exe ../unbound-control.exe ../unbound-checkconf.exe ../unbound-service-install.exe ../unbound-service-remove.exe ../LICENSE ../winrc/unbound-control-setup.cmd ../winrc/unbound-website.url ../winrc/service.conf ../winrc/README.txt ../contrib/create_unbound_ad_servers.cmd ../contrib/warmup.cmd ../contrib/unbound_cache.cmd .