diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxcfs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxcfs/default.nix
index 8a6b2f8ca8af..4f62b7eb128a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxcfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxcfs/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, help2man, fuse, pam,
-  debugBuild ? false }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, help2man, fuse, pam
+, enableDebugBuild ? false }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig help2man autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ fuse pam ];
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString debugBuild ''
+  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString enableDebugBuild ''
     sed -i 's,#AM_CFLAGS += -DDEBUG,AM_CFLAGS += -DDEBUG,' Makefile.am
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8fd266caa5fa..ce8041cab653 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3204,7 +3204,9 @@ with pkgs;
   ltris = callPackage ../games/ltris { };
 
   lxc = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lxc { };
-  lxcfs = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lxcfs { };
+  lxcfs = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lxcfs {
+    enableDebugBuild = config.lxcfs.enableDebugBuild or false;
+  };
   lxd = callPackage ../tools/admin/lxd { };
 
   lzfse = callPackage ../tools/compression/lzfse { };