diff --git a/cef.gypi b/cef.gypi
index 9e5e07a03..191c465b9 100644
--- a/cef.gypi
+++ b/cef.gypi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Embedded Framework Authors. All rights
+# Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Embedded Framework Authors. All rights
 # reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that
 # can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
       }, { # OS!="win"
         'cef_directory' : '<!(echo $CEF_DIRECTORY)',
       }],
+      [ 'OS=="mac"', {
+        # Strip symbols and create dSYM files for the Release target.
+        'mac_strip_release': 1,
+      }],
     ]
   }, 'conditions': [
     ['os_posix==1 and OS!="mac" and OS!="android"', {