1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 910355da9d14..d70f203ce710 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -158,6 +158,15 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT
           to know about the .dwo files and include them.
           Incompatible with older versions of ccache.
 
+config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
+        bool "Generate dwarf4 debuginfo"
+        depends on DEBUG_INFO
+        help
+          Generate dwarf4 debug info. This requires recent versions
+          of gcc and gdb. It makes the debug information larger.
+          But it significantly improves the success of resolving
+          variables in gdb on optimized code.
+
 config ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED
         bool "Enable __deprecated logic"
         default y