diff --git a/config/Config-build.in b/config/Config-build.in
index 8c6271124a..f81e4e2ea9 100644
--- a/config/Config-build.in
+++ b/config/Config-build.in
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ menu "Global build settings"
 		help
 		  If enabled, config.seed will be stored in /etc/build.config of firmware.
 
+	config REPRODUCIBLE_DEBUG_INFO
+		bool "Make debug information reproducible"
+		default BUILDBOT
+		help
+		  This strips the local build path out of debug information. This has the
+		  advantage of making it reproducible, but the disadvantage of making local
+		  debugging using ./scripts/remote-gdb harder, since the debug data will
+		  no longer point to the full path on the build host.
+
 	config COLLECT_KERNEL_DEBUG
 		bool
 		prompt "Collect kernel debug information"
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index ef187a0348..9dcb74947a 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ifeq ($(or $(CONFIG_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN),$(CONFIG_TARGET_uml)),)
   ifeq ($(CONFIG_GCC_USE_IREMAP),y)
     iremap = -iremap$(1):$(2)
   else
-    iremap = -ffile-prefix-map=$(1)=$(2)
+    iremap = -f$(if $(CONFIG_REPRODUCIBLE_DEBUG_INFO),file,macro)-prefix-map=$(1)=$(2)
   endif
 endif