1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dh_strip b/dh_strip
index e4e06984..ef91d651 100755
--- a/dh_strip
+++ b/dh_strip
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ sub make_debug {
 	if (! -d $debug_dir) {
 		doit("install", "-d", $debug_dir);
 	}
-	doit("objcopy", "--only-keep-debug", $file, $debug_path);
+	if (! -e $debug_path) {
+		doit("objcopy", "--only-keep-debug", $file, $debug_path);
+	}
 	# No reason for this to be executable.
 	doit("chmod", 644, $debug_path);
 	return $debug_path;