diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
index 4c5efaa7d545..38fdd0f71d7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
+  dontStrip = stdenv.isDarwin;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A programmable programming language";
     longDescription = ''