diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index f1f5a81313d8222cb423947ed27cb4bdc2b8e3ce..da06abd0a54e0bd7f8068d53cf7eb8294d09e4a9 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ endif
 define Kernel/CopyImage
 	$(KERNEL_CROSS)objcopy -O binary $(OBJCOPY_STRIP) -S $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux $(LINUX_KERNEL)$(1)
 	$(KERNEL_CROSS)objcopy $(OBJCOPY_STRIP) -S $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux$(1).elf
+	$(CP) $(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux.debug
 ifneq ($(subst ",,$(KERNELNAME)),)
 	#")
 	$(foreach k,$(filter-out dtbs,$(subst ",,$(KERNELNAME))),$(CP) $(LINUX_DIR)/arch/$(LINUX_KARCH)/boot/$(IMAGES_DIR)/$(k) $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(k)$(1);)
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/image/Makefile b/target/linux/malta/image/Makefile
index c0e520fbeee1e200ba1a258e078a2abac999ff5b..db2637ad8fcb8c0014bb70b9b119b53a4fa1a2de 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/malta/image/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ endef
 
 define MkuImage
 	mkimage -A mips -O linux -T kernel -a 0x80100000 -C $(1) $(2) \
-		-e $(call get_kernel_entry,$(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux) -n 'MIPS OpenWrt Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)' \
+		-e $(call get_kernel_entry,$(KDIR)/vmlinux.debug) -n 'MIPS OpenWrt Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)' \
 		-d $(3) $(4)
 endef
 
diff --git a/target/linux/xburst/image/Makefile b/target/linux/xburst/image/Makefile
index 0de5560c961e0ee3f96486b6f2ab468d3d8943ec..49bb254164ced11d4e31476bec0023d3096984dd 100644
--- a/target/linux/xburst/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/xburst/image/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ endef
 define MkImageGzip
 	gzip -9 -c $(1) > $(1).gz
 	mkimage -A mips -O linux -T kernel -a 0x80010000 -C gzip \
-		-e $(call kernel_entry,$(LINUX_DIR)/vmlinux) -n 'MIPS OpenWrt Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)' \
+		-e $(call kernel_entry,$(KDIR)/vmlinux.debug) -n 'MIPS OpenWrt Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)' \
 		-d $(1).gz $(2)
 endef