diff --git a/dev-util/kube-linter/kube-linter-0.3.0.ebuild b/dev-util/kube-linter/kube-linter-0.3.0.ebuild
index 45b858d5153a2..673ab6223fcb4 100644
--- a/dev-util/kube-linter/kube-linter-0.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/kube-linter/kube-linter-0.3.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
+QA_PRESTRIPPED=usr/bin/kube-linter
+
 src_compile() {
 	emake TAG=${PV} build
 }