diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 36044aa8..b29e0ac0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+llvm-toolchain-7 (1:7.0.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Pass -Wl,--build-id to get dbgsym packages (Closes: #916975)
+
+ -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:24:20 +0100
+
 llvm-toolchain-7 (1:7.0.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index dbacd079..e3651543 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ ifneq (,$(filter codecoverage,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 endif
 
 # Enable for bootstrap
-LDFLAGS_EXTRA            += -fPIC -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -Wno-unknown-warning-option
+LDFLAGS_EXTRA            += -fPIC -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wl,--build-id
 CXXFLAGS_EXTRA           += -fPIC -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -Wno-unknown-warning-option
 BOOTSTRAP_CXXFLAGS_EXTRA  = $(CXXFLAGS_EXTRA) # Nothing for now. Keeping in case we need it
 CFLAGS_EXTRA             += -fPIC -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -Wno-unknown-warning-option