diff --git a/cmake/build_shared.cmake b/cmake/build_shared.cmake
index 52c83b11..fd5bd5c3 100644
--- a/cmake/build_shared.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_shared.cmake
@@ -115,7 +115,25 @@ function(build_firebase_shared LIBRARY_NAME ARTIFACT_NAME OUTPUT_NAME)
       "lib${OUTPUT_NAME}.so"
       COMMENT "Strip debug symbols done on final binary. lib${OUTPUT_NAME}.so")
   endif()
-  
+
+  # Strip the debug symbols from the Mac build to reduce sizes
+  if(APPLE AND NOT FIREBASE_IOS_BUILD AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+    target_link_options(${shared_target} PRIVATE "-Wl,-dead_strip")
+
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${shared_target} POST_BUILD
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_STRIP}" -x "$<TARGET_FILE:${shared_target}>"
+      COMMENT "Stripping symbols from Mac bundle"
+    )
+  endif()
+
+  # Strip the debug symbols from the Linux build to reduce size
+  if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${shared_target} POST_BUILD
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_STRIP}" --strip-unneeded "$<TARGET_FILE:${shared_target}>"
+      COMMENT "Stripping symbols from Linux shared object"
+    )
+  endif()
+
   unity_pack_native(${shared_target})
 
   if(ANDROID)
diff --git a/cmake/build_universal.cmake b/cmake/build_universal.cmake
index f161150d..38d40c11 100644
--- a/cmake/build_universal.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_universal.cmake
@@ -96,6 +96,24 @@ function(build_uni TARGET_LINK_LIB_NAMES PROJECT_LIST_HEADER_VARIABLE)
       COMMENT "Strip debug symbols done on final binary. lib${FIREBASE_APP_UNI_VERSIONED}.so")
   endif()
 
+  # Strip the debug symbols from the Mac build to reduce size
+  if(APPLE AND NOT FIREBASE_IOS_BUILD AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+    target_link_options(firebase_app_uni PRIVATE "-Wl,-dead_strip")
+
+    add_custom_command(TARGET firebase_app_uni POST_BUILD
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_STRIP}" -x "$<TARGET_FILE:firebase_app_uni>"
+      COMMENT "Stripping symbols from Mac bundle"
+    )
+  endif()
+
+  # Strip the debug symbols from the Linux build to reduce size
+  if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+    add_custom_command(TARGET firebase_app_uni POST_BUILD
+      COMMAND "${CMAKE_STRIP}" --strip-unneeded "$<TARGET_FILE:firebase_app_uni>"
+      COMMENT "Stripping symbols from Linux shared object"
+    )
+  endif()
+
   unity_pack_native(firebase_app_uni)
 
   set_property(TARGET firebase_app_uni
diff --git a/docs/readme.md b/docs/readme.md
index 76ba720c..9453692e 100644
--- a/docs/readme.md
+++ b/docs/readme.md
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Release Notes
 -------------
 ### Upcoming
 -   Changes
+    - General: Strip debug symbols from Mac and Linux libraries, to reduce library size.
     - General (iOS): Improve initialization to address intermittent crashes on iOS 26.
       ([#1436](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-unity-sdk/issues/1436)).
     - Firebase AI: Add support for Grounding with Google Maps.