diff --git a/tools/gyp/configurations_xcode.gypi b/tools/gyp/configurations_xcode.gypi
index 3f22df5ec59..f7097271216 100644
--- a/tools/gyp/configurations_xcode.gypi
+++ b/tools/gyp/configurations_xcode.gypi
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
           'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI': 'NO', # -fno-rtti
           'GCC_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS': 'default', # -g
           'GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS': 'YES', # Do not strip symbols
+          'DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING': 'YES',  # -Wl,-dead_strip
           'GCC_SYMBOLS_PRIVATE_EXTERN': 'YES', # -fvisibility=hidden
           'GCC_INLINES_ARE_PRIVATE_EXTERN': 'YES', # -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
           'GCC_WARN_NON_VIRTUAL_DESTRUCTOR': 'YES', # -Wnon-virtual-dtor