diff --git a/components/lua/lua-5.1/host/lflashimg.c b/components/lua/lua-5.1/host/lflashimg.c
index 65edf07e..b8ab0a2b 100644
--- a/components/lua/lua-5.1/host/lflashimg.c
+++ b/components/lua/lua-5.1/host/lflashimg.c
@@ -181,23 +181,26 @@ static void addTS(lua_State *L, TString *ts) {
  * Enumerate all of the Protos in the Proto hiearchy and scan contents to collect
  * all referenced strings in a Lua Array at ToS.
  */
-static void scanProtoStrings(lua_State *L, const Proto* f) {
+static void scanProtoStrings(lua_State *L, const Proto* f, int strip) {
   /* Table at L->Top[-1] is used to collect the strings */
   int i;
 
   if (f->source)
     addTS(L, f->source);
 
-  if (f->packedlineinfo)
+  if (f->packedlineinfo && !strip)
     addTS(L, luaS_new(L, cast(const char *, f->packedlineinfo)));
 
   for (i = 0; i < f->sizek; i++) {
     if (ttisstring(f->k + i))
       addTS(L, rawtsvalue(f->k + i));
   }
-  for (i = 0; i < f->sizeupvalues; i++) addTS(L, f->upvalues[i]);
-  for (i = 0; i < f->sizelocvars; i++)  addTS(L, f->locvars[i].varname);
-  for (i = 0; i < f->sizep; i++)        scanProtoStrings(L, f->p[i]);
+  if (!strip)
+  {
+    for (i = 0; i < f->sizeupvalues; i++) addTS(L, f->upvalues[i]);
+    for (i = 0; i < f->sizelocvars; i++)  addTS(L, f->locvars[i].varname);
+  }
+  for (i = 0; i < f->sizep; i++)        scanProtoStrings(L, f->p[i], strip);
 }
 
 
@@ -218,7 +221,10 @@ static void createROstrt(lua_State *L, FlashHeader *fh) {
     DBG_PRINT("Found: %s\n",getstr(rawtsvalue(L->top-2)));
     lua_pop(L, 1);                           // dump the value
   }
-  fh->nROsize = 2<<luaO_log2(fh->nROuse);
+  // Ensure at least 30% overprovisioning, to reduce pathological chaining if nROuse is just under a power of 2
+  fh->nROsize = 2<<luaO_log2((int)((double)fh->nROuse*1.3));
+  DBG_PRINT("nROsize=%u, nROuse=%u\n",(unsigned)fh->nROsize,(unsigned)fh->nROuse);
+
   FlashAddr *hashTab = flashAlloc(L, fh->nROsize * WORDSIZE);
   toFlashAddr(L, fh->pROhash, hashTab);
 
@@ -354,13 +360,23 @@ static void *flashCopy(lua_State* L, int n, const char *fmt, void *src) {
   return dest;
 }
 
+static void stripdebug (Proto *f) {
+  // Yes, this is leaking memory. In the cross compiler, that's *host* memory, and we don't care.
+  // It's more hassle than it's worth to stop it from doing so.
+  f->packedlineinfo = NULL;
+  f->locvars = NULL;
+  f->upvalues = NULL;
+  f->sizelocvars = 0;
+  f->sizeupvalues = 0;
+}
+
 /* The debug optimised version has a different Proto layout */
 #define PROTO_COPY_MASK  "AHAAAAAASIIIIIIIAI"
 
 /*
  * Do the actual prototype copy.
  */
-static void *functionToFlash(lua_State* L, const Proto* orig) {
+static void *functionToFlash(lua_State* L, const Proto* orig, int strip) {
   Proto f;
   int i;
 
@@ -372,36 +388,43 @@ static void *functionToFlash(lua_State* L, const Proto* orig) {
   if (f.sizep) {                /* clone included Protos */
     Proto **p = luaM_newvector(L, f.sizep, Proto *);
     for (i=0; i<f.sizep; i++)
-      p[i] = cast(Proto *, functionToFlash(L, f.p[i]));
+      p[i] = cast(Proto *, functionToFlash(L, f.p[i], strip));
     f.p = cast(Proto **, flashCopy(L, f.sizep, "A", p));
     luaM_freearray(L, p, f.sizep, Proto *);
   }
   f.k = cast(TValue *, flashCopy(L, f.sizek, "V", f.k));
   f.code = cast(Instruction *, flashCopy(L, f.sizecode, "I", f.code));
 
+  if (strip)
+    stripdebug(&f);
+
   if (f.packedlineinfo) {
     TString *ts=luaS_new(L, cast(const char *,f.packedlineinfo));
     f.packedlineinfo = cast(unsigned char *, resolveTString(L, ts)) + sizeof (FlashTS);
   }
-  f.locvars = cast(struct LocVar *, flashCopy(L, f.sizelocvars, "SII", f.locvars));
-  f.upvalues = cast(TString **, flashCopy(L, f.sizeupvalues, "S", f.upvalues));
+  if (!strip)
+  {
+    f.locvars = cast(struct LocVar *, flashCopy(L, f.sizelocvars, "SII", f.locvars));
+    f.upvalues = cast(TString **, flashCopy(L, f.sizeupvalues, "S", f.upvalues));
+  }
+
   return cast(void *, flashCopy(L, 1, PROTO_COPY_MASK, &f));
 }
 
 uint dumpToFlashImage (lua_State* L, const Proto *main, lua_Writer w,
                        void* data, int strip,
                        lu_int32 address, lu_int32 maxSize) {
-// parameter strip is ignored for now
-  (void)strip;
   FlashHeader *fh = cast(FlashHeader *, flashAlloc(L, sizeof(FlashHeader)));
   int i, status;
   lua_newtable(L);
-  scanProtoStrings(L, main);
+  scanProtoStrings(L, main, strip);
   createROstrt(L,  fh);
-  toFlashAddr(L, fh->mainProto, functionToFlash(L, main));
+  toFlashAddr(L, fh->mainProto, functionToFlash(L, main, strip));
 
   fh->flash_sig = FLASH_SIG + (address ? FLASH_SIG_ABSOLUTE : 0);
   fh->flash_size = curOffset*WORDSIZE;
+  printf("Flash image size: %u bytes (%.2fkiB, %.1f%% of available size of %ukiB)\n",
++          (unsigned)fh->flash_size,(double)fh->flash_size/1024.0,(double)fh->flash_size/(double)maxSize*100.0,(unsigned)(maxSize>>10));
   if (fh->flash_size>maxSize) {
     fatal ("The image is too large for specfied LFS size");
   }