diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 17d7bf76..b7e0780a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),powerpc powerpcspe))
 LDFLAGS_EXTRA += -latomic
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(shell dpkg --compare-versions $(shell dpkg-query -W -f '$${Version}' binutils) ge 2.22.52.0.4 ; echo $$?),0)
+# when using -gsplit-dwarf, it will requires extract-dwo which doesn't exist on precise:
+# More: https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28841
+CXXFLAGS_EXTRA += -gsplit-dwarf
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(shell dpkg --compare-versions $(shell dpkg-query -W -f '$${Version}' g++-$(GCC_VERSION)) lt 4.7.2-10~ ; echo $$?),0)
 # Too old version of gcc. Force 4.9
 	GCC_VERSION := 4.9