diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_GCC_defs.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_GCC_defs.mk
index 9de88a2..9161a4e 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_GCC_defs.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_GCC_defs.mk
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ gb_COMPILERNOOPTFLAGS := -O0 -fstrict-aliasing -fstrict-overflow
 ifeq ($(OS),ANDROID)
 gb_DEBUGINFO_FLAGS=-glldb
 # Clang does not know -ggdb2 or some other options
+else ifeq ($(enable_symbols),SMALL)
+gb_DEBUGINFO_FLAGS=-g1
 else ifeq ($(HAVE_GCC_GGDB2),TRUE)
 gb_DEBUGINFO_FLAGS=-ggdb2
 else
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2d62af9981a9..b1ad5a970700 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4056,6 +4056,9 @@ fi
 if test "$enable_symbols" = yes; then
     ENABLE_SYMBOLS_FOR=all
     AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+elif test "$enable_symbols" = "SMALL" -o "$enable_symbols" = "small"; then
+    ENABLE_SYMBOLS_FOR=all
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes, small ones])
 elif test "$enable_symbols" = no; then
     ENABLE_SYMBOLS_FOR=
     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
@@ -4064,6 +4067,7 @@ else
     ENABLE_SYMBOLS_FOR="$enable_symbols"
     AC_MSG_RESULT([for "$enable_symbols"])
 fi
+AC_SUBST(enable_symbols)
 AC_SUBST(ENABLE_SYMBOLS_FOR)
 
 if test -n "$with_android_ndk" -a \( -n "$ENABLE_SYMBOLS" -o -n "$ENABLE_DEBUG" -o -n "$ENABLE_DBGUTIL" \) -a "$ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_FOR" = "all"; then
diff --git a/config_host.mk.in b/config_host.mk.in
index 7df26713a1dd..174c4e50466c 100644
--- a/config_host.mk.in
+++ b/config_host.mk.in
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ export ENABLE_SDREMOTE_BLUETOOTH=@ENABLE_SDREMOTE_BLUETOOTH@
 export ENABLE_SILENT_MSI=@ENABLE_SILENT_MSI@
 export ENABLE_SKIA=@ENABLE_SKIA@
 export ENABLE_SKIA_DEBUG=@ENABLE_SKIA_DEBUG@
+export enable_symbols=@enable_symbols@
 export ENABLE_SYMBOLS_FOR=@ENABLE_SYMBOLS_FOR@
 export ENABLE_VALGRIND=@ENABLE_VALGRIND@
 export ENABLE_VLC=@ENABLE_VLC@