diff --git a/app/qbreak.pro b/app/qbreak.pro
index 24d8ef5..1c70b75 100644
--- a/app/qbreak.pro
+++ b/app/qbreak.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 QT       += core gui svg multimedia
 
+CONFIG += debug_and_release
+
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets dbus
 
 CONFIG += c++17 lrelease embed_translations
diff --git a/scripts/build_linux_debug.sh b/scripts/build_linux_debug.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4951b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_linux_debug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# I use this script on two different hosts so there are logic to find proper Qt installation
+
+export QT_HOME=/home/$USER/qt5.15/5.15.2/gcc_64
+if [ ! -d "$QT_HOME" ] ; then
+	export QT_HOME=/home/$USER/qt5.15/5.15.2/gcc_64
+fi
+
+# Build .appimage
+/usr/bin/python3 build_qbreak.py debug
+
diff --git a/scripts/build_qbreak.py b/scripts/build_qbreak.py
index f890e05..b4e90ae 100755
--- a/scripts/build_qbreak.py
+++ b/scripts/build_qbreak.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import platform
 import os
 import shutil
 import glob
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 import multiprocessing
 import build_utils
@@ -48,8 +49,13 @@ if platform.system() == 'Linux':
         print(f'qmake call failed with code {retcode}')
         exit(retcode)
 
+    # Check the requested type of build - debug or release
+    build_type = 'release'
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        build_type = sys.argv[1]
+
     print('Build...')
-    retcode = os.system('make -j4')
+    retcode = os.system(f'make {build_type} -j4')
     if retcode != 0:
         print(f'make call failed with code {retcode}')
         exit(retcode)