diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
index 910b86e13184..c30368aa2d00 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
+  separateDebugInfo = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ cpio zlib zstd bzip2 file libarchive libgcrypt nspr nss db xz python lua sqlite ]