diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 7443a4162..dfd76c373 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 # Set debugbuildsenabled to 1 for production (build separate debug kernels)
 #  and 0 for rawhide (all kernels are debug kernels).
 # See also 'make debug' and 'make release'.
-%define debugbuildsenabled 0
+%define debugbuildsenabled 1
 
 # Want to build a vanilla kernel build without any non-upstream patches?
 %define with_vanilla %{?_with_vanilla: 1} %{?!_with_vanilla: 0}
@@ -1902,6 +1902,9 @@ fi
 #
 #
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 15 2018 Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
+- Disable debugging options.
+
 * Fri Jan 12 2018 Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 4.15.0-0.rc7.git4.1
 - Linux v4.15-rc7-152-g1545dec46db3