diff --git a/Configurations/00-base-templates.conf b/Configurations/00-base-templates.conf
index d55ecea6dc4a9..86287c3a25a3c 100644
--- a/Configurations/00-base-templates.conf
+++ b/Configurations/00-base-templates.conf
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ my %targets=(
         AR              => "ar",
         ARFLAGS         => "qc",
         CC              => "cc",
+        OBJCOPY         => "objcopy",
         bin_cflags      =>
             sub {
                 my @flags = ();
diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index 4c24cae7ab62e..966d8fec89848 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ CFLAGS={- join(' ', @{$config{CFLAGS}}) -}
 CXXFLAGS={- join(' ', @{$config{CXXFLAGS}}) -}
 LDFLAGS= {- join(' ', @{$config{LDFLAGS}}) -}
 EX_LIBS= {- join(' ', @{$config{LDLIBS}}) -}
+OBJCOPY={- $config{OBJCOPY} -}
 
 MAKEDEPEND={- $config{makedepcmd} -}
 
@@ -533,6 +534,11 @@ LANG=C
 {- dependmagic('build_programs', 'Build the openssl executables and scripts'); -}: build_programs_nodep
 
 all: build_sw {- "build_docs" if !$disabled{docs}; -} ## Build software and documentation
+debuginfo: $(SHLIBS)
+	@set -e; for i in $(SHLIBS); do \
+		$(OBJCOPY) --only-keep-debug $$i $$i.debug; \
+		$(OBJCOPY) --strip-debug --add-gnu-debuglink=$$i.debug $$i; \
+	done;
 
 ##@ Documentation
 build_generated_pods: $(GENERATED_PODS)
diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index a6b66df4c4d1c..fff97bd6fc820 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ my %user = (
     RANLIB      => env('RANLIB'),
     RC          => env('RC') || env('WINDRES'),
     RCFLAGS     => [ env('RCFLAGS') || () ],
+    OBJCOPY     => undef,
     RM          => undef,
    );
 # Info about what "make variables" may be prefixed with the cross compiler
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index c25bec822500d..63ca4e37a5dc3 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -1676,6 +1676,12 @@ described here.  Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
     build_docs
                    Build all documentation components.
 
+    debuginfo
+                    On unix platforms, this target can be used to create .debug
+                    libraries, which separate the DWARF information in the
+                    shared library ELF files into a separate file for use
+                    in post-mortem (core dump) debugging
+
     clean
                    Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
                    state.