diff --git a/chapter07/stripping.xml b/chapter07/stripping.xml
index 22a5a0804..24ac67e4b 100644
--- a/chapter07/stripping.xml
+++ b/chapter07/stripping.xml
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ umount $LFS/{sys,proc,run}
symbols.
Strip off debugging symbols from binaries:
-strip --strip-unneeded $LFS/usr/lib/*
-strip --strip-unneeded $LFS/usr/{,s}bin/*
-strip --strip-unneeded $LFS/tools/bin/*
+$LFS_TGT-strip --strip-unneeded $LFS/usr/lib/*
+$LFS_TGT-strip --strip-unneeded $LFS/usr/{,s}bin/*
+$LFS_TGT-strip --strip-unneeded $LFS/tools/bin/*
These commands will skip a number of files reporting that it does not
recognize their file format. Most of these are scripts instead of binaries.