diff --git a/media/sdutils/Android.mk b/media/sdutils/Android.mk
index 2009b3cc06011..dafb8a6af82a9 100644
--- a/media/sdutils/Android.mk
+++ b/media/sdutils/Android.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libhardware_legacy libcutils libutils libc
 
 LOCAL_MODULE:= sdutil
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := debug
 
 include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)