--- a/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/gtk/meson.build
@@ -930,18 +930,26 @@
       input : gtk_gresource,
       output : 'gtkresources_blob.o',
       command : [ld,
+                 '-m', 'elf_x86_64',
                  '-z', 'noexecstack',
                  '-r',
                  '-b','binary',
                  '@INPUT@',
                  '-o','@OUTPUT@'])
 
+  gtk_resources_strip = custom_target('gtkresources_blobS.o',
+      input : gtk_resources_binary,
+      output : 'gtkresources_blobS.o',
+      command : [objcopy,
+                 '--strip-all',
+                 '@INPUT@',
+                 '@OUTPUT@'])
+
   # Rename symbol to match the one in the C file
   gtk_resources_o = custom_target('gtkresources_blob2.o',
-    input : gtk_resources_binary,
+    input : gtk_resources_strip,
     output : 'gtkresources_blob2.o',
     command : [objcopy,
-                 '--strip-all',
                  '--add-symbol','_gtk_resource_data=.data:0',
                  '@INPUT@',
                  '@OUTPUT@'])