diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crosvm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crosvm/default.nix
index 2afbe123b55b..db99d307db50 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crosvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/crosvm/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ in
 
     src = fetchgit (builtins.removeAttrs upstreamInfo.src [ "date" "path" ]);
 
+    separateDebugInfo = true;
+
     patches = [
       ./default-seccomp-policy-dir.diff
     ];