diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/default.nix
index 75d3e1d6ef9c..23cb13795695 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   wayland,
   wayland-protocols,
   wayland-scanner,
+  debug ? false,
 }:
 gcc14Stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland";
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ gcc14Stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     wayland-scanner
   ];
 
+  cmakeBuildType = if debug then "Debug" else "RelWithDebInfo";
+
+  dontStrip = debug;
+
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
   postInstall = ''