diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rails.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rails.gitlab-ci.yml
index 235c4b87710de548e174cc0812a22458a9a8f79c..2f0700454b554cfb1996db3002b5db62199476dc 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rails.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rails.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ setup-test-env:
     - section_start "setup-test-env" "Setting up testing environment"; scripts/setup-test-env; section_end "setup-test-env";
     - select_gitlab_workhorse_essentials
     - section_start "gitaly-test-build" "Compiling Gitaly binaries"; scripts/gitaly-test-build; section_end "gitaly-test-build";  # Do not use 'bundle exec' here
+    - strip_executable_binaries "${TMP_TEST_FOLDER}"
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 7d
     paths:
diff --git a/doc/development/pipelines/performance.md b/doc/development/pipelines/performance.md
index d9019e6053bb800c2c2011187c7a12312145631f..a7983971dfe093baf15c71d5640a7486c2fdd8a3 100644
--- a/doc/development/pipelines/performance.md
+++ b/doc/development/pipelines/performance.md
@@ -177,3 +177,11 @@ and `compile-production-assets` jobs to:
    This task is responsible for deciding if assets need to be compiled or not.
    It [compares the `HEAD` `SHA256` hexdigest from `$GITLAB_ASSETS_HASH` with the `master` hexdigest from `cached-assets-hash.txt`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/c023191ef412e868ae957f3341208a41ca678403/lib/tasks/gitlab/assets.rake#L86).
 1. If the hashes are the same, we don't compile anything. If they're different, we compile the assets.
+
+## Stripped binaries
+
+By default, `setup-test-env` creates an artifact which contains stripped
+binaries to [save storage and speed-up artifact downloads](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/442029#note_1775193538) of subsequent CI jobs.
+
+To make debugging a crash from stripped binaries easier comment line with
+`strip_executable_binaries` in the `setup-test-job` job and start a new pipeline.
diff --git a/scripts/gitlab_component_helpers.sh b/scripts/gitlab_component_helpers.sh
index 98688d3864381ed62bd29d846e8eb09b3d51f43b..3d9f996e7c034ed916fd07dcca066a85042624ef 100644
--- a/scripts/gitlab_component_helpers.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitlab_component_helpers.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ function select_gitlab_workhorse_essentials() {
   mv ${tmp_path} ${TMP_TEST_FOLDER}
 }
 
+function strip_executable_binaries() {
+  local path="$1"
+
+  find "$path" -executable -type f ! -size 0 -print0 | xargs -0 grep -IL . | xargs strip || true
+}
+
 # Assets functions
 function gitlab_assets_archive_doesnt_exist() {
   archive_doesnt_exist "${GITLAB_ASSETS_PACKAGE_URL}"