diff --git a/tests/testsuite/profiles.rs b/tests/testsuite/profiles.rs
index 0db2a3de6e6..1a51d20b0eb 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/profiles.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/profiles.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::env;
 
-use cargo_test_support::project;
+use cargo_test_support::{is_nightly, project};
 
 #[cargo_test]
 fn profile_overrides() {
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@ fn thin_lto_works() {
 
 #[cargo_test]
 fn strip_works() {
+    if !is_nightly() {
+        return;
+    }
+
     let p = project()
         .file(
             "Cargo.toml",
@@ -499,3 +503,76 @@ fn strip_works() {
         )
         .run();
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn strip_requires_cargo_feature() {
+    if !is_nightly() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            [package]
+            name = "foo"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+
+            [profile.release]
+            strip = 'symbols'
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("build --release -v")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo()
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[ERROR] failed to parse manifest at `[CWD]/Cargo.toml`
+
+Caused by:
+  feature `strip` is required
+
+consider adding `cargo-features = [\"strip\"]` to the manifest
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+#[cargo_test]
+fn strip_rejects_invalid_option() {
+    if !is_nightly() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            cargo-features = ["strip"]
+
+            [package]
+            name = "foo"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+
+            [profile.release]
+            strip = 'wrong'
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("build --release -v")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo()
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[ERROR] failed to parse manifest at `[CWD]/Cargo.toml`
+
+Caused by:
+  unknown variant `wrong`, expected one of `debuginfo`, `none`, `symbols` for key [..]
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}