diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index a229e3ba7a..790475c7b3 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE_prepend_task_do_compile = "${PARALLEL_MAKE} "
 ##################################################################
 
 FULL_OPTIMIZATION = "-fexpensive-optimizations -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -O2"
-DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION = "-O -g"
+DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION = "-O -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g"
 SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION = "${@bb.data.getVar(['FULL_OPTIMIZATION', 'DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION'][bb.data.getVar('DEBUG_BUILD', d, 1) == '1'], d, 1)}"
 BUILD_OPTIMIZATION = "-O2"