diff --git a/scripts/build_go.sh b/scripts/build_go.sh
index bf435477fc..b8be1cb8cd 100755
--- a/scripts/build_go.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_go.sh
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ sign_darwin="${CODER_SIGN_DARWIN:-0}"
 output_path=""
 agpl="${CODER_BUILD_AGPL:-0}"
 boringcrypto=${CODER_BUILD_BORINGCRYPTO:-0}
+debug=0
 
-args="$(getopt -o "" -l version:,os:,arch:,output:,slim,agpl,sign-darwin,boringcrypto -- "$@")"
+args="$(getopt -o "" -l version:,os:,arch:,output:,slim,agpl,sign-darwin,boringcrypto,debug -- "$@")"
 eval set -- "$args"
 while true; do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ while true; do
 		boringcrypto=1
 		shift
 		;;
+	--debug)
+		debug=1
+		shift
+		;;
 	--)
 		shift
 		break
@@ -102,10 +107,12 @@ if [[ "$sign_darwin" == 1 ]]; then
 fi
 
 ldflags=(
-	-s
-	-w
 	-X "'github.com/coder/coder/v2/buildinfo.tag=$version'"
 )
+# Disable deubgger information if not building a binary for debuggers.
+if [[ "$debug" == 0 ]]; then
+	ldflags+=(-s -w)
+fi
 
 # We use ts_omit_aws here because on Linux it prevents Tailscale from importing
 # github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws, which adds 7 MB to the binary.
@@ -122,6 +129,11 @@ if [[ "$agpl" == 1 ]]; then
 fi
 build_args+=(-ldflags "${ldflags[*]}")
 
+# Disable optimizations if building a binary for debuggers.
+if [[ "$debug" == 1 ]]; then
+	build_args+=(-gcflags "all=-N -l")
+fi
+
 # Compute default output path.
 if [[ "$output_path" == "" ]]; then
 	mkdir -p "build"
diff --git a/scripts/coder-dev.sh b/scripts/coder-dev.sh
index dbba6b8819..fa1f4bf2df 100755
--- a/scripts/coder-dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/coder-dev.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pushd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
 mkdir -p ./.coderv2
 CODER_DEV_BIN="$(realpath "$RELATIVE_BINARY_PATH")"
 CODER_DEV_DIR="$(realpath ./.coderv2)"
+CODER_DELVE_DEBUG_BIN=$(realpath "./build/coder_debug_${GOOS}_${GOARCH}")
 popd
 
 case $BINARY_TYPE in
@@ -59,7 +60,20 @@ esac
 runcmd=("${CODER_DEV_BIN}")
 if [[ "${DEBUG_DELVE}" == 1 ]]; then
 	set -x
-	runcmd=(dlv debug --headless --continue --listen 127.0.0.1:12345 --accept-multiclient ./cmd/coder --)
+	build_flags=(
+		--os "$GOOS"
+		--arch "$GOARCH"
+		--output "$CODER_DELVE_DEBUG_BIN"
+		--debug
+	)
+	if [[ "$BINARY_TYPE" == "coder-slim" ]]; then
+		build_flags+=(--slim)
+	fi
+	# All the prerequisites should be built above when we refreshed the regular
+	# binary, so we can just build the debug binary here without having to worry
+	# about/use the makefile.
+	./scripts/build_go.sh "${build_flags[@]}"
+	runcmd=(dlv exec --headless --continue --listen 127.0.0.1:12345 --accept-multiclient "$CODER_DELVE_DEBUG_BIN" --)
 fi
 
-CGO_ENABLED=0 exec "${runcmd[@]}" --global-config "${CODER_DEV_DIR}" "$@"
+exec "${runcmd[@]}" --global-config "${CODER_DEV_DIR}" "$@"