diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.amd64 b/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.amd64
index e68225be..9afcf6c7 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.amd64
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.amd64
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Compiler stuff
 GRAPHITE="-floop-interchange -ftree-loop-distribution -floop-strip-mine -floop-block"
 # Only enable Graphite via package.env
-CFLAGS="-O2 -march=x86-64 -pipe" # -ftree-vectorize ${GRAPHITE}"
+CFLAGS="-O2 -march=x86-64 -pipe -ggdb" # -ftree-vectorize ${GRAPHITE}"
 CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
 CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.x86 b/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.x86
index ae651448..14774bd9 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.x86
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.x86
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Compiler stuff
 GRAPHITE="-floop-interchange -ftree-loop-distribution -floop-strip-mine -floop-block"
 # Only enable Graphite via package.env
-CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" # -ftree-vectorize ${GRAPHITE}"
+CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe -ggdb" # -ftree-vectorize ${GRAPHITE}"
 CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
 CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"