diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 24921c65d3..79ff2479f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ if(MSVC AND ENABLE_VS_FASTLINK)
   string(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG " /debug:FASTLINK")
 endif()
 if(UNIX)
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -g")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -g")
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} -g")
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} -g")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL} -g")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL} -g")
   set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL} -g")
@@ -193,6 +197,16 @@ set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${NEO_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 # determine Neo version
 include(version.cmake)
 
+# set variables for symbols stripping
+if(UNIX)
+  set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY DEBUG_SYMBOL_FILES "")
+  set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY IGDRCL_SYMBOL_FILE "")
+  set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY NEO_OCL_COMPONENTS_LIST "neo_debug_symbols")
+  set(STRIP_SYMBOLS_TARGET strip_debug_symbols)
+  set(DEBUG_SYMBOL_INSTALL_DIR "/usr/lib/debug${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}")
+  add_custom_target(${STRIP_SYMBOLS_TARGET} ALL)
+endif()
+
 # We want to build with the static, multithreaded runtime libraries (as opposed
 # to the multithreaded runtime DLLs)
 if(MSVC)
diff --git a/level_zero/CMakeLists.txt b/level_zero/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de31f8529..fd67b6c3a0 100644
--- a/level_zero/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/level_zero/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -491,6 +491,18 @@ if(BUILD_WITH_L0)
   )
 
   if(UNIX)
+    get_filename_component(lib_file_name $<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET_NAME_L0}> NAME_WE)
+    set(symbols_file_name ${lib_file_name}.debug)
+    set(debug_symbols_target_name "${STRIP_SYMBOLS_TARGET}_${TARGET_NAME_L0}")
+    add_custom_target(${debug_symbols_target_name}
+                      COMMAND sh -c "objcopy --only-keep-debug ${lib_file_name} ${symbols_file_name}"
+                      COMMAND sh -c "strip -g ${lib_file_name}"
+                      COMMAND sh -c "objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=${symbols_file_name} ${lib_file_name}"
+    )
+    add_dependencies(${debug_symbols_target_name} ${TARGET_NAME_L0})
+    add_dependencies(${STRIP_SYMBOLS_TARGET} ${debug_symbols_target_name})
+    set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY DEBUG_SYMBOL_FILES "${symbols_file_name}")
+
     install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME_L0}
             LIBRARY
             PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE
diff --git a/opencl/source/CMakeLists.txt b/opencl/source/CMakeLists.txt
index 7141111506..69d7e7321a 100644
--- a/opencl/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/opencl/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Intel Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ if(${GENERATE_EXECUTABLE})
   )
 
   if(UNIX)
+    get_filename_component(lib_file_name $<TARGET_FILE:${NEO_DYNAMIC_LIB_NAME}> NAME_WE)
+    set(symbols_file_name ${lib_file_name}.debug)
+    set(debug_symbols_target_name "${STRIP_SYMBOLS_TARGET}_${NEO_DYNAMIC_LIB_NAME}")
+    add_custom_target(${debug_symbols_target_name}
+                      COMMAND sh -c "objcopy --only-keep-debug ${lib_file_name} ${symbols_file_name}"
+                      COMMAND sh -c "strip -g ${lib_file_name}"
+                      COMMAND sh -c "objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=${symbols_file_name} ${lib_file_name}"
+    )
+    add_dependencies(${debug_symbols_target_name} ${NEO_DYNAMIC_LIB_NAME})
+    add_dependencies(${STRIP_SYMBOLS_TARGET} ${debug_symbols_target_name})
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY IGDRCL_SYMBOL_FILE "${symbols_file_name}")
+
     install(FILES
             $<TARGET_FILE:${NEO_DYNAMIC_LIB_NAME}>
             PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE
diff --git a/package.cmake b/package.cmake
index ae3d397271..21af3303fc 100644
--- a/package.cmake
+++ b/package.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2021 Intel Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ if(UNIX)
   )
   install(FILES ${NEO_BINARY_DIR}/intel.icd DESTINATION ${OCL_ICD_VENDORDIR} COMPONENT opencl)
 
+  get_property(DEBUG_SYMBOL_FILES GLOBAL PROPERTY DEBUG_SYMBOL_FILES)
+  install(FILES ${DEBUG_SYMBOL_FILES}
+          DESTINATION ${DEBUG_SYMBOL_INSTALL_DIR}
+          COMPONENT neo_debug_symbols
+  )
+  get_property(IGDRCL_SYMBOL_FILE GLOBAL PROPERTY IGDRCL_SYMBOL_FILE)
+  install(FILES ${IGDRCL_SYMBOL_FILE}
+          DESTINATION ${DEBUG_SYMBOL_INSTALL_DIR}/intel-opencl
+          COMPONENT neo_debug_symbols
+  )
+
   if(NEO_CPACK_GENERATOR)
     set(CPACK_GENERATOR "${NEO_CPACK_GENERATOR}")
   else()
@@ -106,14 +117,17 @@ if(UNIX)
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_OPENCL_FILE_NAME "intel-opencl_${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-1~${os_codename}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_OCLOC_FILE_NAME "intel-ocloc_${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-1~${os_codename}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO-GPU_FILE_NAME "intel-level-zero-gpu_${NEO_L0_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_L0_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-1~${os_codename}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_NEO_DEBUG_SYMBOLS_FILE_NAME "intel-opencl-debuginfo_${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-1~${os_codename}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
 
     set(CPACK_RPM_OPENCL_FILE_NAME "intel-opencl-${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE}%{?dist}.${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.rpm")
     set(CPACK_RPM_OCLOC_FILE_NAME "intel-ocloc-${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE}%{?dist}.${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.rpm")
     set(CPACK_RPM_LEVEL-ZERO-GPU_FILE_NAME "intel-level-zero-gpu-${NEO_L0_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_L0_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE}%{?dist}.${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.rpm")
+    set(CPACK_RPM_NEO_DEBUG_SYMBOLS_FILE_NAME "intel-opencl-debuginfo-${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE}%{?dist}.${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.rpm")
 
     set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_OPENCL_FILE_NAME "intel-opencl-${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-${os_codename}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}")
     set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_OCLOC_FILE_NAME "intel-ocloc-${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-${os_codename}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}")
     set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_LEVEL-ZERO-GPU_FILE_NAME "intel-level-zero-gpu-${NEO_L0_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_L0_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-${os_codename}_${CPACK_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}")
+    set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_NEO_DEBUG_SYMBOLS_FILE_NAME "intel-opencl-debuginfo-${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}-${os_codename}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}")
   else()
     if(CPACK_GENERATOR STREQUAL "DEB")
       set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "intel-compute-runtime_${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NEO_OCL_VERSION_MINOR}.${NEO_VERSION_BUILD}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}")
diff --git a/shared/offline_compiler/source/CMakeLists.txt b/shared/offline_compiler/source/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a1fb27c59..4b21071a6e 100644
--- a/shared/offline_compiler/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/shared/offline_compiler/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(UNIX)
+  get_filename_component(lib_file_name $<TARGET_FILE:${OCLOC_NAME}_lib> NAME_WE)
+  set(symbols_file_name ${lib_file_name}.debug)
+  set(debug_symbols_target_name "${STRIP_SYMBOLS_TARGET}_${OCLOC_NAME}_lib")
+  add_custom_target(${debug_symbols_target_name}
+                    COMMAND sh -c "objcopy --only-keep-debug ${lib_file_name} ${symbols_file_name}"
+                    COMMAND sh -c "strip -g ${lib_file_name}"
+                    COMMAND sh -c "objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=${symbols_file_name} ${lib_file_name}"
+  )
+  add_dependencies(${debug_symbols_target_name} ${OCLOC_NAME}_lib)
+  add_dependencies(${STRIP_SYMBOLS_TARGET} ${debug_symbols_target_name})
+  set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY DEBUG_SYMBOL_FILES "${symbols_file_name}")
+
   set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY NEO_OCL_COMPONENTS_LIST ${OCLOC_NAME})
   install(FILES $<TARGET_FILE:${OCLOC_NAME}>
           DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}