diff --git a/antlir/antlir2/antlir2_packager/src/rpm.rs b/antlir/antlir2/antlir2_packager/src/rpm.rs
index 8dc2b8f5b7..489e7e74c8 100644
--- a/antlir/antlir2/antlir2_packager/src/rpm.rs
+++ b/antlir/antlir2/antlir2_packager/src/rpm.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ pub struct Rpm {
     binary_payload: Option<String>,
     disable_strip: bool,
     disable_build_id_links: bool,
+    #[serde(rename = "_strip")]
+    strip: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
 
 impl PackageFormat for Rpm {
@@ -238,6 +240,17 @@ AutoProv: {autoprov}
         }
         if self.disable_strip {
             spec.push_str("%define __strip /usr/bin/true\n");
+        } else if let Some(strip) = &self.strip {
+            spec.push_str("%define __strip ");
+            let mut strip = strip.iter();
+            let path = strip.next().context("strip command is empty")?;
+            spec.push_str("/__antlir2__/working_directory/");
+            spec.push_str(path);
+            for arg in strip {
+                spec.push_str(arg);
+                spec.push(' ');
+            }
+            spec.push('\n');
         }
         if self.disable_build_id_links {
             spec.push_str("%define _build_id_links none\n");
@@ -342,6 +355,10 @@ AutoProv: {autoprov}
             .tmpfs(Path::new("/tmp"))
             .tmpfs(Path::new("/dev"))
             .inputs(Path::new("/dev/null"));
+        #[cfg(facebook)]
+        isol_context
+            .platform(Path::new("/usr/local/fbcode"))
+            .platform(Path::new("/mnt/gvfs"));
         let isol_context = isol_context.build();
 
         run_cmd(
diff --git a/antlir/antlir2/bzl/package/defs.bzl b/antlir/antlir2/bzl/package/defs.bzl
index d0a54d51a3..4632512eb9 100644
--- a/antlir/antlir2/bzl/package/defs.bzl
+++ b/antlir/antlir2/bzl/package/defs.bzl
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ load("//antlir/antlir2/bzl:platform.bzl", "arch_select", "os_select")
 load("//antlir/antlir2/bzl:types.bzl", "BuildApplianceInfo", "LayerInfo")
 load("//antlir/antlir2/bzl/image:cfg.bzl", "attrs_selected_by_cfg")
 load("//antlir/buck2/bzl:ensure_single_output.bzl", "ensure_single_output")
+load("//antlir/bzl:build_defs.bzl", "internal_external")
 load(":btrfs.bzl", "btrfs")
 load(":cfg.bzl", "layer_attrs", "package_cfg")
 load(":gpt.bzl", "GptPartitionSource", "gpt")
@@ -56,7 +57,13 @@ def _generic_impl_with_layer(
     if uses_build_appliance:
         spec_opts["build_appliance"] = build_appliance[BuildApplianceInfo].dir
     for key in rule_attr_keys:
-        spec_opts[key] = getattr(ctx.attrs, key)
+        val = getattr(ctx.attrs, key)
+        if type(val) == "dependency":
+            if RunInfo in val:
+                val = val[RunInfo]
+            else:
+                val = ensure_single_output(val)
+        spec_opts[key] = val
 
     spec = ctx.actions.write_json(
         "spec.json",
@@ -310,6 +317,10 @@ _rpm, _rpm_anon = _new_package_rule(
         "summary": attrs.option(attrs.string(), default = None),
         "supplements": attrs.list(attrs.string(), default = []),
         "version": attrs.option(attrs.string(), default = None, doc = "If unset, defaults to current datetime HHMMSS"),
+        "_strip": internal_external(
+            fb = attrs.default_only(attrs.exec_dep(default = "fbsource//third-party/binutils:strip")),
+            oss = attrs.option(attrs.exec_dep(), default = None),
+        ),
     },
     format = "rpm",
     dot_meta = False,
diff --git a/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/BUCK b/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/BUCK
index 4908aecaae..343513e70b 100644
--- a/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/BUCK
+++ b/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/BUCK
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ image.layer(
 package.rpm(
     name = "add.rpm",
     # @oss-disable
-    disable_strip = True,  # disable double stripping (fixed later in this stack to not be necessary)
     layer = ":layer",
     license = "none",
     rpm_name = "add",