diff --git a/databases/py-leveldb/Makefile b/databases/py-leveldb/Makefile
index 919c3c913b09..c0080a9d2c86 100644
--- a/databases/py-leveldb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-leveldb/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	leveldb
 PORTVERSION=	0.1.20130428
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/sunpoet
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ post-patch:
 		-e "s|^\(extra_link_args = \).*$$|\1\['-L${LOCALBASE}/lib', '-lleveldb'\]|" \
 			${WRKSRC}/setup.py
 
+post-install:
+	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/leveldb.so
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>