diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 960ecd2642218256cdcd64e631ee9ac297735afd..0ed22e664b49a26279f708d698d1c667f3fb9e0f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ if test "${BUILD_PROFILE_LIBS}" = "1"; then
 	    ALBERTA_PROFILE_CFLAGS="${alberta_save_CFLAGS}"
 	else
 	    if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-		ALBERTA_PROFILE_CFLAGS="-Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -O3 -pg"
+		ALBERTA_PROFILE_CFLAGS="-Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -O3 -pg -ggdb3"
 	    else # use autoconf default
 		ALBERTA_PROFILE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 	    fi