diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
index 9d0b163f4c46..80bc064ced7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ _doStrip() {
     local -ra debugDirs=(stripDebugList stripDebugListTarget)
     local -ra allDirs=(stripAllList stripAllListTarget)
     local -ra stripCmds=(STRIP STRIP_FOR_TARGET)
+    local -ra ranlibCmds=(RANLIB RANLIB_FOR_TARGET)
 
     # Strip only host paths by default. Leave targets as is.
     stripDebugList=${stripDebugList:-lib lib32 lib64 libexec bin sbin}
@@ -23,20 +24,22 @@ _doStrip() {
         local -n debugDirList="${debugDirs[$i]}"
         local -n allDirList="${allDirs[$i]}"
         local -n stripCmd="${stripCmds[$i]}"
+        local -n ranlibCmd="${ranlibCmds[$i]}"
 
         # `dontStrip` disables them all
         if [[ "${dontStrip-}" || "${flag-}" ]] || ! type -f "${stripCmd-}" 2>/dev/null
         then continue; fi
 
-        stripDirs "$stripCmd" "$debugDirList" "${stripDebugFlags:--S}"
-        stripDirs "$stripCmd" "$allDirList" "${stripAllFlags:--s}"
+        stripDirs "$stripCmd" "$ranlibCmd" "$debugDirList" "${stripDebugFlags:--S}"
+        stripDirs "$stripCmd" "$ranlibCmd" "$allDirList" "${stripAllFlags:--s}"
     done
 }
 
 stripDirs() {
     local cmd="$1"
-    local dirs="$2"
-    local stripFlags="$3"
+    local ranlibCmd="$2"
+    local dirs="$3"
+    local stripFlags="$4"
     local dirsNew=
 
     local d
@@ -50,5 +53,11 @@ stripDirs() {
     if [ -n "${dirs}" ]; then
         echo "stripping (with command $cmd and flags $stripFlags) in$dirs"
         find $dirs -type f -exec $cmd $stripFlags '{}' \; 2>/dev/null
+        # 'strip' does not normally preserve archive index in .a files.
+        # This usually causes linking failures against static libs like:
+        #   ld: ...-i686-w64-mingw32-stage-final-gcc-13.0.0-lib/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libstdc++.dll.a:
+        #     error adding symbols: archive has no index; run ranlib to add one
+        # Restore the index by running 'ranlib'.
+        find $dirs -name '*.a' -type f -exec $ranlibCmd '{}' \; 2>/dev/null
     fi
 }