diff --git a/kguiaddons/PKGBUILD b/kguiaddons/PKGBUILD
index d11a4c6bc..8981e4f90 100644
--- a/kguiaddons/PKGBUILD
+++ b/kguiaddons/PKGBUILD
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ depends=('qt5-base')
 makedepends=('extra-cmake-modules')
 checkdepends=('cmake')
 groups=('kf5')
+options=('debug')
 source=("${KFServer}/${pkgver}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz")
 md5sums=('c2f7e84a8818c0124521f29a6a4da6b2')