diff --git a/newlib/examples/Makefile b/newlib/examples/Makefile
index 6eaa1af8..5e712ac1 100644
--- a/newlib/examples/Makefile
+++ b/newlib/examples/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ ARCH = x86
 NEWLIB = ../x86/i586-metalsvm-elf32
 MAKE = make
 CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -m32 -O2 -nostdinc -Wall -fno-builtin -I$(NEWLIB)/include -I../../include -I../../arch/$(ARCH)/include -fno-stack-protector 
+CFLAGS = -g -m32 -O2 -nostdinc -Wall -fno-builtin -I$(NEWLIB)/include -I../../include -I../../arch/$(ARCH)/include -fno-stack-protector 
 LDFLAGS = -m32 -nostdlib -L$(NEWLIB)/lib
+OBJCOPY = objcopy
+STRIP_DEBUG = --strip-debug
+KEEP_DEBUG = --only-keep-debug
 
 # other implicit rules
 %.o : %.c
@@ -15,12 +18,16 @@ all: hello test_fork
 	
 test_fork: test_fork.o
 	$(CC) -T link.ld -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $<
+	$(OBJCOPY) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $@ $@.sym
+	$(OBJCOPY) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $@
 
 hello: hello.o
 	$(CC) -T link.ld -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $< 
+	$(OBJCOPY) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $@ $@.sym
+	$(OBJCOPY) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $@
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) hello test_fork *.o *~ 
+	$(RM) hello test_fork *.sym *.o *~ 
 
 depend:
 	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) *.c > Makefile.dep