diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index f3a559523..46ccc5a07 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ files: []
 script: |
   WRAP_DIR=$HOME/wrapped
   HOSTS="i686-pc-linux-gnu x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
-  CONFIGFLAGS="--enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports --disable-bench --disable-gui-tests LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++"
+  CONFIGFLAGS="--enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports --disable-bench --disable-gui-tests"
   FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS=""
-  FAKETIME_PROGS="date ar ranlib nm strip"
+  FAKETIME_PROGS="date ar ranlib nm strip objcopy"
+  HOST_CFLAGS="-O2 -g"
+  HOST_CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g"
+  HOST_LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++
 
   export QT_RCC_TEST=1
   export GZIP="-9n"
@@ -95,20 +98,26 @@ script: |
     mkdir -p ${INSTALLPATH}
     tar --strip-components=1 -xf ../$SOURCEDIST
 
-    CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/ --disable-ccache --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking ${CONFIGFLAGS}
+    CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/ --disable-ccache --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking ${CONFIGFLAGS} CFLAGS="${HOST_CFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${HOST_CXXFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
     make ${MAKEOPTS}
     make ${MAKEOPTS} -C src check-security
     make ${MAKEOPTS} -C src check-symbols
-    make install-strip DESTDIR=${INSTALLPATH}
+    make install DESTDIR=${INSTALLPATH}
     cd installed
     find . -name "lib*.la" -delete
     find . -name "lib*.a" -delete
     rm -rf ${DISTNAME}/lib/pkgconfig
-    find ${DISTNAME} | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | gzip -9n > ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${i}.tar.gz
+    find ${DISTNAME}/bin -type f -executable -exec objcopy --only-keep-debug {} {}.dbg \; -exec strip -s {} \; -exec objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink={}.dbg {} \;
+    find ${DISTNAME}/lib -type f -exec objcopy --only-keep-debug {} {}.dbg \; -exec strip -s {} \; -exec objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink={}.dbg {} \;
+    find ${DISTNAME} -not -name "*.dbg" | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | gzip -9n > ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${i}.tar.gz
+    find ${DISTNAME} -name "*.dbg" | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | gzip -9n > ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${i}-debug.tar.gz
     cd ../../
+    rm -rf distsrc-${i}
   done
   mkdir -p $OUTDIR/src
   mv $SOURCEDIST $OUTDIR/src
+  mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-x86_64-*-debug.tar.gz ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-linux64-debug.tar.gz
+  mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-i686-*-debug.tar.gz ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-linux32-debug.tar.gz
   mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-x86_64-*.tar.gz ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-linux64.tar.gz
   mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-i686-*.tar.gz ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-linux32.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 61fad98a3..f822a104f 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ script: |
   WRAP_DIR=$HOME/wrapped
   HOSTS="x86_64-w64-mingw32 i686-w64-mingw32"
   CONFIGFLAGS="--enable-reduce-exports --disable-gui-tests"
-  FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS="g++ ar ranlib nm windres strip"
+  FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS="g++ ar ranlib nm windres strip objcopy"
   FAKETIME_PROGS="date makensis zip"
+  HOST_CFLAGS="-O2 -g"
+  HOST_CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g"
 
   export QT_RCC_TEST=1
   export GZIP="-9n"
@@ -125,22 +127,28 @@ script: |
     mkdir -p ${INSTALLPATH}
     tar --strip-components=1 -xf ../$SOURCEDIST
 
-    CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/ --disable-ccache --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking ${CONFIGFLAGS}
+    CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/ --disable-ccache --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking ${CONFIGFLAGS} CFLAGS="${HOST_CFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${HOST_CXXFLAGS}"
     make ${MAKEOPTS}
     make ${MAKEOPTS} -C src check-security
     make deploy
-    make install-strip DESTDIR=${INSTALLPATH}
+    make install DESTDIR=${INSTALLPATH}
     cp -f dash-*setup*.exe $OUTDIR/
     cd installed
     mv ${DISTNAME}/bin/*.dll ${DISTNAME}/lib/
     find . -name "lib*.la" -delete
     find . -name "lib*.a" -delete
     rm -rf ${DISTNAME}/lib/pkgconfig
-    find ${DISTNAME} -type f | sort | zip -X@ ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${i}.zip
-    cd ../..
+    find ${DISTNAME}/bin -type f -executable -exec ${i}-objcopy --only-keep-debug {} {}.dbg \; -exec ${i}-strip -s {} \; -exec ${i}-objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink={}.dbg {} \;
+    find ${DISTNAME}/lib -type f -exec ${i}-objcopy --only-keep-debug {} {}.dbg \; -exec ${i}-strip -s {} \; -exec ${i}-objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink={}.dbg {} \;
+    find ${DISTNAME} -not -name "*.dbg"  -type f | sort | zip -X@ ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${i}.zip
+    find ${DISTNAME} -name "*.dbg"  -type f | sort | zip -X@ ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${i}-debug.zip
+    cd ../../
+    rm -rf distsrc-${i}
   done
   cd $OUTDIR
   rename 's/-setup\.exe$/-setup-unsigned.exe/' *-setup.exe
   find . -name "*-setup-unsigned.exe" | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | gzip -9n > ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win-unsigned.tar.gz
+  mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-x86_64-*-debug.zip ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win64-debug.zip
+  mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-i686-*-debug.zip ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win32-debug.zip
   mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-x86_64-*.zip ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win64.zip
   mv ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-i686-*.zip ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-win32.zip