diff --git a/Makefile.example b/Makefile.example
index 03dd3668..57c6cd93 100644
--- a/Makefile.example
+++ b/Makefile.example
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 export TOPDIR =  $(shell pwd)
 export ARCH = x86
 NAME = metalsvm.bin
+SYM_NAME = metalsvm.sym
 KERNDIRS = libkern kernel mm fs arch lwip drivers
 SUBDIRS = libgloss $(KERNDIRS)
 OBJS = $(shell for i in $(KERNDIRS); do find  $$i -name *.o; done)
+OBJCOPY = objcopy
+STRIP_DEBUG = --strip-debug
+KEEP_DEBUG = --only-keep-debug
 
 export MAKE = make
 export ASM = nasm
-export ASMFLAGS = -felf32
+export ASMFLAGS = -felf32 -g
 export INCLUDE = -I$(TOPDIR)/include -I$(TOPDIR)/arch/$(ARCH)/include -I$(TOPDIR)/lwip/src/include -I$(TOPDIR)/lwip/src/include/ipv4
 export CC = gcc
-export CFLAGS = -m32 -march=i386 -Wall -O2 -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin-function -fstrength-reduce -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -nostdinc $(INCLUDE) -fno-stack-protector
+export CFLAGS = -g -m32 -march=i386 -Wall -O2 -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin-function -fstrength-reduce -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -nostdinc $(INCLUDE) -fno-stack-protector
 export AR = ar
 export ARFLAGS = rsv
 export RM = rm -rf
@@ -26,10 +30,12 @@ all:
 	$(MAKE) link
 
 link:
-	 $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(NAME) $(OBJS)
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(NAME) $(OBJS)
+	$(OBJCOPY) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $(NAME) $(SYM_NAME)
+	$(OBJCOPY) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $(NAME)
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) $(NAME) *~
+	$(RM) $(NAME) $(SYM_NAME) *~
 	for i in $(SUBDIRS); do $(MAKE) -k -C $$i clean; done
 
 depend: