diff --git a/src/stripper b/src/stripper
index d1739b28c..8689b34de 100755
--- a/src/stripper
+++ b/src/stripper
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function _strip() {
 }
 
 for path in ${paths[@]}; do
-	for file in $(find / -xdev "${excludes[@]}" -type f \( -perm -0100 -or -perm -0010 -or -perm -0001 \) 2>/dev/null); do
+	for file in $(find "${path}" -xdev "${excludes[@]}" -type f \( -perm -0100 -or -perm -0010 -or -perm -0001 \) 2>/dev/null); do
 		_strip "${file}" || exit $?
 	done
 done