diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/zrythm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/zrythm/default.nix
index 480684525b11..00af572215ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/zrythm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/zrythm/default.nix
@@ -141,12 +141,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # "-Duser_manual=true" # needs sphinx-intl
     "-Dlsp_dsp=disabled"
     "-Db_lto=false"
+    "-Ddebug=true"
   ];
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = ''
     -lfftw3_threads -lfftw3f_threads
   '';
 
+  dontStrip = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x scripts/meson-post-install.sh
     patchShebangs ext/sh-manpage-completions/run.sh scripts/generic_guile_wrap.sh \