diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/make.defaults
index 254f8753a5..08b984e03f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/make.defaults
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Enable optimizations for common x86_64 CPUs
-CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mtune=generic"
+CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mtune=generic -g"
 CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/arm64/generic/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/arm64/generic/make.defaults
index 01f715c2c2..a7f431d3ca 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/arm64/generic/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/arm64/generic/make.defaults
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mtune=generic"
+CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mtune=generic -g"
 CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"