diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/mutter/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/mutter/default.nix
index 696d26558dbf..a833d5dc3e2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/mutter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/mutter/default.nix
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ let self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Install udev files into our own tree.
   PKG_CONFIG_UDEV_UDEVDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev";
 
+  separateDebugInfo = true;
+
   passthru = {
     libdir = "${self}/lib/mutter-11";