diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0e3f229c..7e9081ab 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ llvm-toolchain-7 (1:7.0.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * On old Debian/Ubuntu, run dh_strip using fakeroot to mitigate
     a permission issue
+  * Remove dbgsym packages from debci because of bug #917528
 
   [ Gianfranco Costamagna ]
   * Ignore a test result on i386, due to upstream bug 26580#c18
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5b619365..192d135b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell dpkg --compare-versions $(shell dpkg-query -W -f '$${Version}' bin
 		ln -s $(CURDIR)/debian/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/bin/llvm-strip $(CURDIR)/strip; \
 	fi
 	: # strip segfaults on libFuzzer.a and other libs
-	PATH=$(CURDIR)/:$$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(DEB_INST)/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/lib/ fakeroot dh_strip -a -v
+	PATH=$(CURDIR)/:$$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(DEB_INST)/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/lib/:/usr/lib/*/libfakeroot dh_strip -a -v
 	: # Remove the workaround
 	rm $(CURDIR)/strip
 	: # for some reasons, the +x might be removed
diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
index 85b06847..416d10da 100644
--- a/debian/tests/control
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 Test-Command: bash -v ./debian/qualify-clang.sh
-Depends: @, cmake, g++, file, dpkg-dev, clang-8-dbgsym, libclang1-8-dbgsym
+Depends: @, cmake, g++, file, dpkg-dev
+# Comment the dbgsym package because of bug #917528
+# dbgsym packages not being available in testing
+# clang-8-dbgsym, libclang1-8-dbgsym
 Restrictions: allow-stderr