diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
index 26c73dba33d6..018aba1f3568 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   pname = "clippy";
   inherit (rustPlatform.rust.rustc) version src;
 
+  separateDebugInfo = true;
+
   # the rust source tarball already has all the dependencies vendored, no need to fetch them again
   cargoVendorDir = "vendor";
   buildAndTestSubdir = "src/tools/clippy";