diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index 95b1303fa71..e706aba977b 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -1255,6 +1255,10 @@ impl Config {
             },
             out: PathBuf::from("build"),
 
+            // This is needed by codegen_ssa on macOS to ship `llvm-objcopy` aliased to
+            // `rust-objcopy` to workaround bad `strip`s on macOS.
+            llvm_tools_enabled: true,
+
             ..Default::default()
         }
     }