diff --git a/src/app/app.pro b/src/app/app.pro
index ff1c73884..7e6b65a9e 100644
--- a/src/app/app.pro
+++ b/src/app/app.pro
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ CONFIG(debug, debug|release){
     # Release
     DEFINES += QT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 
+    QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -g
+
     #local revision number for using in version
     HG_REV=$$system(hg parents --template '{rev}')
     isEmpty(HG_REV){
@@ -244,3 +246,9 @@ else:unix: LIBS += -L$${OUT_PWD}/../libs/vpropertyexplorer/$${DESTDIR} -lvproper
 
 INCLUDEPATH += $${PWD}/../libs/vpropertyexplorer
 DEPENDPATH += $${PWD}/../libs/vpropertyexplorer
+
+CONFIG(release, debug|release){
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += objcopy --only-keep-debug $(TARGET) $(TARGET).debug &&
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded $(TARGET) &&
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink $(TARGET).debug $(TARGET)
+}
diff --git a/src/libs/qmuparser/qmuparser.pro b/src/libs/qmuparser/qmuparser.pro
index c60eb473a..e392e091e 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmuparser/qmuparser.pro
+++ b/src/libs/qmuparser/qmuparser.pro
@@ -106,4 +106,10 @@ CONFIG(debug, debug|release){
 }else{
     # Release
     DEFINES += QT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT
+
+    QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -g
+
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += objcopy --only-keep-debug $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET).debug &&
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET) &&
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET).debug $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 }
diff --git a/src/libs/vpropertyexplorer/vpropertyexplorer.pro b/src/libs/vpropertyexplorer/vpropertyexplorer.pro
index e2fea1fbc..79d3e2364 100644
--- a/src/libs/vpropertyexplorer/vpropertyexplorer.pro
+++ b/src/libs/vpropertyexplorer/vpropertyexplorer.pro
@@ -149,4 +149,10 @@ CONFIG(debug, debug|release){
 }else{
     # Release
     DEFINES += QT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT
+
+    QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -g
+
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += objcopy --only-keep-debug $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET).debug &&
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET) &&
+    unix:QMAKE_POST_LINK += objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET).debug $(DESTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 }