diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 79a455d701..d402c93697 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ config BR2_STRIP_sstrip
 	bool "sstrip"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SSTRIP_HOST
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_ELF2FLT
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_2014_05
 	help
 	  Binaries and libraries in the target filesystem will be
 	  stripped using the 'sstrip' command, which strips a little