diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ad0cef7bc4..ed882df488 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ override_dh_fixperms:
 
 # gdb can't do much with a haskell program, so avoid the debug package
 override_dh_strip:
-	dh_strip --no-ddebs
+	dh_strip --no-automatic-dbgsym
 
 # Do not add "ldconfig" trigger since all libraries in the standalone build
 # are private copies and the trigger activate-noawait trigger may not work