diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fbf8814455f79248c6b854d9bd3eef5dd9b6d3ee..6c5c8157d5657814b26aad6fdd8eb0f87ae1a5c5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ libao (0.8.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream.
 
- -- Christopher L Cheney <ccheney@debian.org>  Tue,  2 Sep 2003 22:30:00 -0500
+ -- Christopher L Cheney <ccheney@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:00:00 -0500
 
 libao (0.8.3-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9a5c73e050f70a04ad869d9365f790cfaf281492..acbdff24d359431463cefd37299ec2822e574c02 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@ build: build-arch build-indep
 build-arch: build-arch-stamp
 build-arch-stamp: configure-stamp
 
-	cd $(objdir) && \
-	$(MAKE)
-
+ifneq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+		cd $(objdir) && \
+		$(MAKE) debug
+else
+		cd $(objdir) && \
+		$(MAKE)
+endif
 	touch build-arch-stamp
 
 build-indep: build-indep-stamp