diff --git a/features.jam b/features.jam
index e7e946968..4dc8f6681 100644
--- a/features.jam
+++ b/features.jam
@@ -148,5 +148,6 @@ variant release : common :
 # Profiling variant by Toon Knapen <toon@si-lab.com>
 variant profile : release :
     <profiling>on
+    <debug-symbols>on
     ;
 
diff --git a/v1/features.jam b/v1/features.jam
index e7e946968..4dc8f6681 100644
--- a/v1/features.jam
+++ b/v1/features.jam
@@ -148,5 +148,6 @@ variant release : common :
 # Profiling variant by Toon Knapen <toon@si-lab.com>
 variant profile : release :
     <profiling>on
+    <debug-symbols>on
     ;