diff --git a/lib/cext/ABI_version.txt b/lib/cext/ABI_version.txt
index 54d3ad73646d..74ff576b451b 100644
--- a/lib/cext/ABI_version.txt
+++ b/lib/cext/ABI_version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-21.3.0
+21.3.0.1
diff --git a/lib/truffle/rbconfig.rb b/lib/truffle/rbconfig.rb
index 50131ac566f1..4c6b4a43e9f1 100644
--- a/lib/truffle/rbconfig.rb
+++ b/lib/truffle/rbconfig.rb
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ module RbConfig
     'rubyarchhdrdir'    => "#{prefix}/lib/cext/include",
     'rubyhdrdir'        => "#{prefix}/lib/cext/include",
     'SOEXT'             => Truffle::Platform::SOEXT.dup,
-    'STRIP'             => strip,
+    'STRIP'             => "#{strip} --keep-section=.llvmbc",
     'sysconfdir'        => "#{prefix}/etc", # doesn't exist, as in MRI
     'target_cpu'        => host_cpu,
     'target_os'         => host_os,