diff --git a/tools/pybind11NewTools.cmake b/tools/pybind11NewTools.cmake
index 8bac211e1..6bd6ca2be 100644
--- a/tools/pybind11NewTools.cmake
+++ b/tools/pybind11NewTools.cmake
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ function(pybind11_add_module target_name)
   if(DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE) # see https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/4454
     # Use case-insensitive comparison to match the result of $<CONFIG:cfgs>
     string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-    if(NOT MSVC AND NOT "${uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" MATCHES DEBUG|RELWITHDEBINFO)
+    if(NOT MSVC AND NOT "${uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" MATCHES DEBUG|RELWITHDEBINFO|NONE)
       # Strip unnecessary sections of the binary on Linux/macOS
       pybind11_strip(${target_name})
     endif()
diff --git a/tools/pybind11Tools.cmake b/tools/pybind11Tools.cmake
index d91e7670c..b4df3df5b 100644
--- a/tools/pybind11Tools.cmake
+++ b/tools/pybind11Tools.cmake
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function(pybind11_add_module target_name)
   if(DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE) # see https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/4454
     # Use case-insensitive comparison to match the result of $<CONFIG:cfgs>
     string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-    if(NOT MSVC AND NOT "${uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" MATCHES DEBUG|RELWITHDEBINFO)
+    if(NOT MSVC AND NOT "${uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" MATCHES DEBUG|RELWITHDEBINFO|NONE)
       pybind11_strip(${target_name})
     endif()
   endif()