diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/default.nix
index 520bcb3bb8cc..4ca4f675bbd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/default.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  separateDebugInfo = true;
+
   patches = [
     # Lets obs-browser build against CEF 90.1.0+
     ./Enable-file-access-and-universal-access-for-file-URL.patch