diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f85372a..77ba8ae 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--enable-applets \
 		--with-gtk=2.0
 
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip --dbg-package=mate-power-manager-dbg
+
 get-orig-source: $(PKG)_$(VER)$(DTYPE).orig.tar.xz $(info I: $(PKG)_$(VER)$(DTYPE))
 	@