diff --git a/pkgs/servers/shishi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/shishi/default.nix
index 7bfa18a6e9bb..6f8f92e3ac99 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/shishi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/shishi/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "032qf72cpjdfffq1yq54gz3ahgqf2ijca4vl31sfabmjzq9q370d";
   };
 
+  separateDebugInfo = true;
+
   # Fixes support for gcrypt 1.6+
   patches = [ ./gcrypt-fix.patch ./freebsd-unistd.patch ];