diff --git a/compile_qemu_nyx.sh b/compile_qemu_nyx.sh
index cfa3d8a9c3..5e316b9c5a 100755
--- a/compile_qemu_nyx.sh
+++ b/compile_qemu_nyx.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ error () {
   echo "$0: <option>"
   echo ""
   echo "Available compile options: "
-  echo " -  dynamic    dynamically link libxdc and capstone4"
-  echo " -  static     statically link libxdc and capstone4"
-  echo " -  lto        statically link libxdc and capstone4 and enable LTO (up to 10% better performance)"
-  echo " -  debug      enable several debug options"
+  echo " -  dynamic       dynamically link libxdc and capstone4"
+  echo " -  static        statically link libxdc and capstone4"
+  echo " -  lto           statically link libxdc and capstone4 and enable LTO (up to 10% better performance)"
+  echo " -  debug         enable several debug options"
+  echo " -  debug_static  enable several debug options and statically link libxdc and capstone4"
   echo ""
   exit 3
 }
@@ -109,6 +110,16 @@ then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+if [ "$1" == "debug_static" ]; 
+then 
+
+  make clean
+  compile_libraries
+  ./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --disable-docs --enable-gtk --disable-werror --disable-capstone --disable-libssh --enable-nyx --enable-sanitizers --enable-debug --enable-nyx-static --disable-tools
+  compile
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 if [ "$1" == "static" ]; 
 then 
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f857494b1..b753ee9c64 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6125,7 +6125,7 @@ fi
 if test "$debug" = "no"; then
   CFLAGS="-O3 -rdynamic -frename-registers -frename-registers -mtune=native $CFLAGS"
 else
-  CFLAGS="-O0 -g $CFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="-O0 -rdynamic -g $CFLAGS"
 fi
 
 if test "$have_asan" = "yes"; then