diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
index f662495a1a1..1ba65031e97 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ use self::output_depinfo::output_depinfo;
 use self::unit_graph::UnitDep;
 pub use crate::core::compiler::unit::{Unit, UnitInterner};
 use crate::core::manifest::TargetSourcePath;
-use crate::core::profiles::{PanicStrategy, Profile};
+use crate::core::profiles::{PanicStrategy, Profile, Strip};
 use crate::core::{Edition, Feature, InternedString, PackageId, Target};
 use crate::util::errors::{self, CargoResult, CargoResultExt, ProcessError, VerboseError};
 use crate::util::machine_message::Message;
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@ fn build_base_args(
         rpath,
         ref panic,
         incremental,
+        strip,
         ..
     } = unit.profile;
     let test = unit.mode.is_any_test();
@@ -910,6 +911,10 @@ fn build_base_args(
         opt(cmd, "-C", "incremental=", Some(dir));
     }
 
+    if strip != Strip::None {
+        cmd.arg("-Z").arg(format!("strip={}", strip));
+    }
+
     if unit.is_std {
         // -Zforce-unstable-if-unmarked prevents the accidental use of
         // unstable crates within the sysroot (such as "extern crate libc" or
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/features.rs b/src/cargo/core/features.rs
index 1c82a033d49..6a05b0f091f 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/features.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/features.rs
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ features! {
 
         // Opt-in new-resolver behavior.
         [unstable] resolver: bool,
+
+        // Allow to specify whether binaries should be stripped.
+        [unstable] strip: bool,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/profiles.rs b/src/cargo/core/profiles.rs
index d4769389abd..fc5fe31bccb 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/profiles.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/profiles.rs
@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@ fn merge_profile(profile: &mut Profile, toml: &TomlProfile) {
     if let Some(incremental) = toml.incremental {
         profile.incremental = incremental;
     }
+    if let Some(strip) = toml.strip {
+        profile.strip = strip;
+    }
 }
 
 /// The root profile (dev/release).
@@ -595,6 +598,7 @@ pub struct Profile {
     pub rpath: bool,
     pub incremental: bool,
     pub panic: PanicStrategy,
+    pub strip: Strip,
 }
 
 impl Default for Profile {
@@ -611,6 +615,7 @@ impl Default for Profile {
             rpath: false,
             incremental: false,
             panic: PanicStrategy::Unwind,
+            strip: Strip::None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -635,6 +640,7 @@ compact_debug! {
                 rpath
                 incremental
                 panic
+                strip
             )]
         }
     }
@@ -721,6 +727,7 @@ impl Profile {
         bool,
         bool,
         PanicStrategy,
+        Strip,
     ) {
         (
             self.opt_level,
@@ -732,6 +739,7 @@ impl Profile {
             self.rpath,
             self.incremental,
             self.panic,
+            self.strip,
         )
     }
 }
@@ -776,6 +784,30 @@ impl fmt::Display for PanicStrategy {
     }
 }
 
+/// The setting for choosing which symbols to strip
+#[derive(
+    Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize,
+)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum Strip {
+    /// Only strip debugging symbols
+    DebugInfo,
+    /// Don't remove any symbols
+    None,
+    /// Strip all non-exported symbols from the final binary
+    Symbols,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Strip {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match *self {
+            Strip::DebugInfo => "debuginfo",
+            Strip::None => "abort",
+            Strip::Symbols => "symbols",
+        }
+        .fmt(f)
+    }
+}
 /// Flags used in creating `Unit`s to indicate the purpose for the target, and
 /// to ensure the target's dependencies have the correct settings.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Ord, PartialOrd)]
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
index 246bd37f145..7cb2240e71f 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use url::Url;
 
 use crate::core::dependency::DepKind;
 use crate::core::manifest::{ManifestMetadata, TargetSourcePath, Warnings};
+use crate::core::profiles::Strip;
 use crate::core::resolver::ResolveBehavior;
 use crate::core::{Dependency, InternedString, Manifest, PackageId, Summary, Target};
 use crate::core::{Edition, EitherManifest, Feature, Features, VirtualManifest, Workspace};
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ pub struct TomlProfile {
     pub build_override: Option<Box<TomlProfile>>,
     pub dir_name: Option<InternedString>,
     pub inherits: Option<InternedString>,
+    pub strip: Option<Strip>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
@@ -522,6 +524,10 @@ impl TomlProfile {
                 );
             }
         }
+
+        if self.strip.is_some() {
+            features.require(Feature::strip())?;
+        }
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -641,6 +647,10 @@ impl TomlProfile {
         if let Some(v) = &profile.dir_name {
             self.dir_name = Some(*v);
         }
+
+        if let Some(v) = profile.strip {
+            self.strip = Some(v);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/profiles.rs b/tests/testsuite/profiles.rs
index ad8bbe7db1a..1a51d20b0eb 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/profiles.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/profiles.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::env;
 
-use cargo_test_support::project;
+use cargo_test_support::{is_nightly, project};
 
 #[cargo_test]
 fn profile_overrides() {
@@ -468,3 +468,111 @@ fn thin_lto_works() {
         )
         .run();
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn strip_works() {
+    if !is_nightly() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            cargo-features = ["strip"]
+
+            [package]
+            name = "foo"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+
+            [profile.release]
+            strip = 'symbols'
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("build --release -v")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo()
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[COMPILING] foo [..]
+[RUNNING] `rustc [..] -Z strip=symbols [..]`
+[FINISHED] [..]
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn strip_requires_cargo_feature() {
+    if !is_nightly() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            [package]
+            name = "foo"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+
+            [profile.release]
+            strip = 'symbols'
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("build --release -v")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo()
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[ERROR] failed to parse manifest at `[CWD]/Cargo.toml`
+
+Caused by:
+  feature `strip` is required
+
+consider adding `cargo-features = [\"strip\"]` to the manifest
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+#[cargo_test]
+fn strip_rejects_invalid_option() {
+    if !is_nightly() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            cargo-features = ["strip"]
+
+            [package]
+            name = "foo"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+
+            [profile.release]
+            strip = 'wrong'
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("build --release -v")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo()
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[ERROR] failed to parse manifest at `[CWD]/Cargo.toml`
+
+Caused by:
+  unknown variant `wrong`, expected one of `debuginfo`, `none`, `symbols` for key [..]
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/unit_graph.rs b/tests/testsuite/unit_graph.rs
index 878e7c3b4f5..2313a3ce6d5 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/unit_graph.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/unit_graph.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ fn simple() {
         "overflow_checks": true,
         "rpath": false,
         "incremental": false,
-        "panic": "unwind"
+        "panic": "unwind",
+        "strip": "none"
       },
       "platform": null,
       "mode": "build",
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ fn simple() {
         "overflow_checks": true,
         "rpath": false,
         "incremental": false,
-        "panic": "unwind"
+        "panic": "unwind",
+        "strip": "none"
       },
       "platform": null,
       "mode": "build",
@@ -155,7 +157,8 @@ fn simple() {
         "overflow_checks": true,
         "rpath": false,
         "incremental": false,
-        "panic": "unwind"
+        "panic": "unwind",
+        "strip": "none"
       },
       "platform": null,
       "mode": "build",
@@ -188,7 +191,8 @@ fn simple() {
         "overflow_checks": true,
         "rpath": false,
         "incremental": false,
-        "panic": "unwind"
+        "panic": "unwind",
+        "strip": "none"
       },
       "platform": null,
       "mode": "build",