diff --git a/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake b/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 					"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh"
 					"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh"
 					"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest_${COMPONENT}.txt"
+					"${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}"
+					"${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
 				DEPENDS
 					"${INSTALL_TARGET}"
 					"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh"
diff --git a/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh b/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh
--- a/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh
+++ b/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,31 @@
 
 SPLIT_SCRIPT="$1"
 INSTALL_MANIFEST="$2"
+shift 2
+
+should_strip() {
+  FILE="$1"
+  shift
+
+  if [ -L "${FILE}" ]
+  then
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  for DIR in "$@"
+  do
+    if [ "$(basename $(dirname "${FILE}"))" = "${DIR}" ]
+    then
+      return 0
+    fi
+  done
+
+  return 2
+}
 
 while IFS= read -r FILE || [ -n "$FILE" ]
 do
-  if [ ! -L "${FILE}" ] && [ -x "${FILE}" ]
+  if should_strip "${FILE}" "$@"
   then
     echo "Splitting debug symbols out of ${FILE}"
     "${SPLIT_SCRIPT}" "${FILE}" "${FILE}" "${FILE}.dbg" > /dev/null 2>&1