diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 573b2f2baa1..2b1c3b88a62 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ endif
 	$(RM) -r $(DIST)/crashreporter-symbols
 	$(RM) "$(DIST)/$(SYMBOL_ARCHIVE_BASENAME).zip"
 	$(NSINSTALL) -D $(DIST)/crashreporter-symbols
+	OBJCOPY="$(OBJCOPY)" \
 	$(PYTHON) $(topsrcdir)/toolkit/crashreporter/tools/symbolstore.py \
 	  $(MAKE_SYM_STORE_ARGS)                                          \
 	  $(foreach dir,$(SYM_STORE_SOURCE_DIRS),-s $(dir))               \
diff --git a/config/autoconf.mk.in b/config/autoconf.mk.in
index a190d34b67d..0265e09c59d 100644
--- a/config/autoconf.mk.in
+++ b/config/autoconf.mk.in
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ GMAKE		= @GMAKE@
 PERL		= @PERL@
 PYTHON		= @PYTHON@
 RANLIB		= @RANLIB@
+OBJCOPY		= @OBJCOPY@
 UNZIP		= @UNZIP@
 ZIP		= @ZIP@
 XARGS		= @XARGS@
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c663f0353f6..2d83ad14ee0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ case "$target" in
     AR="$android_toolchain"/bin/"$android_tool_prefix"-ar
     RANLIB="$android_toolchain"/bin/"$android_tool_prefix"-ranlib
     STRIP="$android_toolchain"/bin/"$android_tool_prefix"-strip
+    OBJCOPY="$android_toolchain"/bin/"$android_tool_prefix"-objcopy
 
     case "${target_cpu}" in
     arm*)
@@ -443,6 +444,9 @@ case "$target" in
     MOZ_CHROME_FILE_FORMAT=omni
     ZLIB_DIR=yes
     ;;
+*-linux*)
+    AC_PATH_PROG(OBJCOPY,objcopy)
+    ;;
 esac
 
 AC_SUBST(ANDROID_NDK)
@@ -451,6 +455,7 @@ AC_SUBST(ANDROID_PLATFORM)
 AC_SUBST(ANDROID_SDK)
 AC_SUBST(ANDROID_PLATFORM_TOOLS)
 AC_SUBST(ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME)
+AC_SUBST(OBJCOPY)
 
 dnl ========================================================
 dnl Checks for compilers.
diff --git a/toolkit/crashreporter/tools/symbolstore.py b/toolkit/crashreporter/tools/symbolstore.py
index b5d8695b272..b96131da37e 100755
--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/tools/symbolstore.py
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/tools/symbolstore.py
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ class Dumper_Win32(Dumper):
         return result
 
 class Dumper_Linux(Dumper):
+    objcopy = os.environ['OBJCOPY'] if 'OBJCOPY' in os.environ else 'objcopy'
     def ShouldProcess(self, file):
         """This function will allow processing of files that are
         executable, or end with the .so extension, and additionally
@@ -648,8 +649,8 @@ class Dumper_Linux(Dumper):
         # .gnu_debuglink section to the object, so the debugger can
         # actually load our debug info later.
         file_dbg = file + ".dbg"
-        if call(['objcopy', '--only-keep-debug', file, file_dbg]) == 0 and \
-           call(['objcopy', '--add-gnu-debuglink=%s' % file_dbg, file]) == 0:
+        if call([self.objcopy, '--only-keep-debug', file, file_dbg]) == 0 and \
+           call([self.objcopy, '--add-gnu-debuglink=%s' % file_dbg, file]) == 0:
             rel_path = os.path.join(debug_file,
                                     guid,
                                     debug_file + ".dbg")