diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
index d0a2d69bfebf..3be40434cb10 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ pub fn isStaticLibrary(self: *Compile) bool {
 pub fn producesPdbFile(self: *Compile) bool {
     if (!self.target.isWindows() and !self.target.isUefi()) return false;
     if (self.target.getObjectFormat() == .c) return false;
-    if (self.strip == true) return false;
+    if (self.strip == true or (self.strip == null and self.optimize == .ReleaseSmall)) return false;
     return self.isDynamicLibrary() or self.kind == .exe or self.kind == .@"test";
 }