diff --git a/dont-strip.patch b/dont-strip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de24497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dont-strip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -rub forgejo-src-8.0.3/Makefile forgejo-src-8.0.3-patched/Makefile
+--- forgejo-src-8.0.3/Makefile	2024-09-06 14:33:46.000000000 +0200
++++ forgejo-src-8.0.3-patched/Makefile	2024-10-09 15:01:55.191532699 +0200
+@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@
+ 
+ .PHONY: install $(TAGS_PREREQ)
+ install: $(wildcard *.go)
+-	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) install -v -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '-s -w $(LDFLAGS)'
++	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) install -v -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '$(LDFLAGS)'
+ 
+ .PHONY: build
+ build: frontend backend
+@@ -816,13 +816,13 @@
+ 	go run $(GOVULNCHECK_PACKAGE) ./...
+ 
+ $(EXECUTABLE): $(GO_SOURCES) $(TAGS_PREREQ)
+-	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) $(EXTRA_GOFLAGS) -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '-s -w $(LDFLAGS)' -o $@
++	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) $(EXTRA_GOFLAGS) -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '$(LDFLAGS)' -o $@
+ 
+ forgejo: $(EXECUTABLE)
+ 	ln -f $(EXECUTABLE) forgejo
+ 
+ static-executable: $(GO_SOURCES) $(TAGS_PREREQ)
+-	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) $(EXTRA_GOFLAGS) -tags 'netgo osusergo $(TAGS)' -ldflags '-s -w -linkmode external -extldflags "-static" $(LDFLAGS)' -o $(EXECUTABLE)
++	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) $(EXTRA_GOFLAGS) -tags 'netgo osusergo $(TAGS)' -ldflags '-linkmode external -extldflags "-static" $(LDFLAGS)' -o $(EXECUTABLE)
+ 
+ .PHONY: release
+ release: frontend generate release-linux release-copy release-compress vendor release-sources release-check
diff --git a/forgejo.changes b/forgejo.changes
index a0e3b56..ef387dd 100644
--- a/forgejo.changes
+++ b/forgejo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  9 13:22:28 UTC 2024 - Richard Rahl <rrahl0@opensuse.org>
+
+- add dont-strip.patch for not stripping the main binary (so we can
+  create debuginfo package)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct  9 05:46:17 UTC 2024 - Tuukka Pasanen <tuukka.pasanen@ilmi.fi>
 
diff --git a/forgejo.spec b/forgejo.spec
index 2bc5bd0..c1a1adf 100644
--- a/forgejo.spec
+++ b/forgejo.spec
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Source10:       %{name}.apparmor
 Source11:       %{name}.firewalld
 Source99:       get-sources.sh
 Patch0:         custom-app.ini.patch
+Patch1:         dont-strip.patch
 BuildRequires:  golang-packaging
 BuildRequires:  golang(API) = 1.22
 ## node >= 20
@@ -134,10 +135,9 @@ local-npm-registry %{_sourcedir} install --also=dev
 
 %build
 %sysusers_generate_pre %{SOURCE6} %{name} %{name}.conf
-export EXTRA_GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -mod=vendor"
 export TAGS="bindata timetzdata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"
 %make_build build
-go build ${EXTRA_GOFLAGS} -o contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini.go
+go build -buildmode=pie -mod=vendor -o contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini.go
 
 %install
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_bindir}