diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1db94b79705b6..40a424679f6d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ incremental = false
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
 lto = "fat"
-strip = true
+strip = "debuginfo"
 panic = "abort"
 codegen-units = 1
 
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/handler.rs b/crates/cli/src/handler.rs
index 61d3246f4738b..6666686c5555d 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/handler.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/handler.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ impl EyreHandler for Handler {
 ///
 /// Panics are always caught by the more debug-centric handler.
 pub fn install() {
+    // If the user has not explicitly overridden "RUST_BACKTRACE", then produce full backtraces.
+    if std::env::var_os("RUST_BACKTRACE").is_none() {
+        std::env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "full");
+    }
+
     let debug_enabled = std::env::var("FOUNDRY_DEBUG").is_ok();
     if debug_enabled {
         if let Err(e) = color_eyre::install() {