diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/stress-ng/stress-ng_0.16.04.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/stress-ng/stress-ng_0.16.04.bb
index 6e5665cc3b..af8433975b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/stress-ng/stress-ng_0.16.04.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/stress-ng/stress-ng_0.16.04.bb
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ do_install() {
     oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} BINDIR=${bindir} install
     ln -s stress-ng ${D}${bindir}/stress
 }
+
+# upstream issue: https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng/issues/315
+DEBUG_BUILD = "0"