diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index 8d80501bec..fb9d7966ed 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -2533,7 +2533,7 @@ class DevtoolIdeSdkTests(DevtoolBase):
         self.track_for_cleanup(tempdir)
         self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean %s' % recipe_name)
 
-        result = runCmd('devtool modify %s -x %s' % (recipe_name, tempdir))
+        result = runCmd('devtool modify %s -x %s --debug-build' % (recipe_name, tempdir))
         self.assertExists(os.path.join(tempdir, build_file),
                           'Extracted source could not be found')
         self.assertExists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'conf',