diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_COMMON b/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
index b627c58f2..34789d998 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@ USR_CPPFLAGS =
 USR_DBDFLAGS =
 USR_ARFLAGS =
 
+# Debug specific options
+DEBUG_CPPFLAGS =
+DEBUG_CFLAGS =
+DEBUG_CXXFLAGS = $(DEBUG_CFLAGS)
+DEBUG_LDFLAGS =
+DEBUG_LDLIBS =
+
 # Target specific options
 TARGET_INCLUDES = $($(basename $@)_INCLUDES_$(T_A))
 TARGET_CFLAGS = $($(basename $@)_CFLAGS_$(T_A))
@@ -253,10 +260,10 @@ CXXFLAGS = $(CONFORM_CXXFLAGS) $(CROSS_CXXFLAGS) $(OPT_CXXFLAGS)\
  $(ARCH_DEP_CXXFLAGS) $(CODE_CXXFLAGS) $(STATIC_CXXCFLAGS) $(OP_SYS_CXXFLAGS)
 
 LDFLAGS = $(OPT_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(USR_LDFLAGS) $(PROD_LDFLAGS)\
- $(ARCH_DEP_LDFLAGS) $(OP_SYS_LDFLAGS) $(CROSS_LDFLAGS)
+ $(ARCH_DEP_LDFLAGS) $(DEBUG_LDFLAGS) $(OP_SYS_LDFLAGS) $(CROSS_LDFLAGS)
 
 LDLIBS = $(PROD_LDLIBS) $(STATIC_LDLIBS)\
- $(POSIX_LDLIBS) $(ARCH_DEP_LDLIBS) $(OP_SYS_LDLIBS)
+ $(POSIX_LDLIBS) $(ARCH_DEP_LDLIBS) $(DEBUG_LDLIBS) $(OP_SYS_LDLIBS)
 
 CPPFLAGS += $(CONFORM_CPPFLAGS) $(CROSS_CPPFLAGS) $(POSIX_CPPFLAGS)\
  $(BASE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(USR_CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS)\