diff --git a/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl b/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
index e872e2b..ef56bf4 100644
--- a/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_erlc_compiler.erl
@@ -99,7 +99,14 @@ doterl_compile(Config, OutDir) ->
 
 doterl_compile(Config, OutDir, MoreSources) ->
     FirstErls = rebar_config:get_list(Config, erl_first_files, []),
-    ErlOpts = filter_defines(rebar_config:get(Config, erl_opts, []), []),
+    RawErlOpts = filter_defines(rebar_config:get(Config, erl_opts, []), []),
+    ErlOpts =
+        case rebar_config:get_global(debug_info, "0") of
+            "0" ->
+                RawErlOpts;
+            _ ->
+                [debug_info|RawErlOpts]
+        end,
     ?DEBUG("erl_opts ~p~n",[ErlOpts]),
     %% Support the src_dirs option allowing multiple directories to
     %% contain erlang source. This might be used, for example, should