diff --git a/lfs/strip b/lfs/strip
index 63e90fed2..48e698a7c 100644
--- a/lfs/strip
+++ b/lfs/strip
@@ -59,7 +59,15 @@ $(TARGET) :
 	# Don't strip VDR binaries, because they use a weird plugin system
 	# which does not work when unneeded symbols get stripped from
 	# /usr/sbin/vdr.
-	STRIP=$(STRIP) $(SHELL) $(DIR_SRC)/src/stripper $(ROOT) \
-		--exclude=/usr/src --exclude=$(TOOLS_DIR) \
-		--exclude=/usr/sbin/vdr --exclude=/usr/lib/vdr \
+	STRIP=$(STRIP) $(SHELL) $(DIR_SRC)/src/stripper \
+		$(ROOT) \
+		--exclude=$(TOOLS_DIR) \
+		--exclude=/dev \
+		--exclude=/proc \
+		--exclude=/sys \
+		--exclude=/tmp \
+		--exclude=/usr/src \
+		--exclude=/usr/lib/vdr \
+		--exclude=/usr/sbin/vdr \
+		--exclude=/var/tmp \
 		--exclude=/usr/lib/go