diff --git a/bolt/include/bolt/Core/BinaryContext.h b/bolt/include/bolt/Core/BinaryContext.h
--- a/bolt/include/bolt/Core/BinaryContext.h
+++ b/bolt/include/bolt/Core/BinaryContext.h
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@
   /// Indicates if relocations are available for usage.
   bool HasRelocations{false};
 
+  /// Indicates if the binary is stripped
+  bool IsStripped{false};
+
   /// Is the binary always loaded at a fixed address. Shared objects and
   /// position-independent executables (PIEs) are examples of binaries that
   /// will have HasFixedLoadAddress set to false.
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
@@ -1557,6 +1557,7 @@
                      TimerGroupName, TimerGroupDesc, opts::TimeRewrite);
 
   bool HasTextRelocations = false;
+  bool HasSymbolTable = false;
   bool HasDebugInfo = false;
 
   // Process special sections.
@@ -1588,6 +1589,7 @@
   }
 
   HasTextRelocations = (bool)BC->getUniqueSectionByName(".rela.text");
+  HasSymbolTable = (bool)BC->getUniqueSectionByName(".symtab");
   LSDASection = BC->getUniqueSectionByName(".gcc_except_table");
   EHFrameSection = BC->getUniqueSectionByName(".eh_frame");
   GOTPLTSection = BC->getUniqueSectionByName(".got.plt");
@@ -1624,6 +1626,8 @@
   BC->HasRelocations =
       HasTextRelocations && (opts::RelocationMode != cl::BOU_FALSE);
 
+  BC->IsStripped = !HasSymbolTable;
+
   // Force non-relocation mode for heatmap generation
   if (opts::HeatmapMode)
     BC->HasRelocations = false;
@@ -1632,6 +1636,10 @@
     outs() << "BOLT-INFO: enabling " << (opts::StrictMode ? "strict " : "")
            << "relocation mode\n";
 
+  if (BC->IsStripped)
+    outs() << "BOLT-INFO: input binary is stripped. The support is limited and "
+           << "is considered experimental.\n";
+
   // Read EH frame for function boundaries info.
   Expected<const DWARFDebugFrame *> EHFrameOrError = BC->DwCtx->getEHFrame();
   if (!EHFrameOrError)
diff --git a/bolt/test/X86/is-strip.s b/bolt/test/X86/is-strip.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bolt/test/X86/is-strip.s
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This test checks whether a binary is stripped or not.
+
+# RUN: %clang++ %p/Inputs/linenumber.cpp -o %t -Wl,-q
+# RUN: llvm-bolt %t -o %t.out 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-NOSTRIP
+# RUN: cp %t %t.stripped
+# RUN: llvm-strip -s %t.stripped
+# RUN: llvm-bolt %t.stripped -o %t.out 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-STRIP
+
+# CHECK-NOSTRIP-NOT: BOLT-INFO: input binary is stripped. The support is limited and is considered experimental.
+# CHECK-STRIP: BOLT-INFO: input binary is stripped. The support is limited and is considered experimental.