diff --git a/projects/firefox-android/build b/projects/firefox-android/build
index 9c892faf..bd25e00f 100644
--- a/projects/firefox-android/build
+++ b/projects/firefox-android/build
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ variant='[% c("var/variant") %]'
 # assume it starts with a major version number, as it does for all Mozilla version names.
 version_name="[% c('var/fenix_version') %]-${variant,} ([% c('var/torbrowser_version') %])"
 
+echo debuggable >> local.properties
+
 gradle $gradle_args -PversionName="$version_name" "assemble$variant"
 cp app/build/outputs/apk/fenix/${variant,}/*.apk $distdir/[% project %]
 
diff --git a/projects/geckoview/build b/projects/geckoview/build
index 7f477308..038278aa 100755
--- a/projects/geckoview/build
+++ b/projects/geckoview/build
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ export MOZ_SOURCE_REPO="[% c('var/gitlab_project') %]"
 export MOZ_SOURCE_CHANGESET=[% c("var/git_commit") %]
 
 ac_add_options --enable-update-channel=[% c("var/variant") %]
+
+ac_add_options --disable-strip
 MOZCONFIG_EOF
 
 [% c("var/set_MOZ_BUILD_DATE") %]