diff --git a/autopackage.sh b/autopackage.sh
index 9f34e5448..33d67fd37 100755
--- a/autopackage.sh
+++ b/autopackage.sh
@@ -32,5 +32,10 @@ fi
 tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
 echo "tmpdir=$tmpdir"
 tar -C "$tmpdir" -xf $out/$tarball
-(cd "$tmpdir"/spdk-* && time make ${MAKEFLAGS} DPDK_DIR=$DPDK_DIR)
+(
+	cd "$tmpdir"/spdk-*
+	cp CONFIG CONFIG.orig
+	sed -e 's/CONFIG_DEBUG=y/CONFIG_DEBUG=n/' <CONFIG.orig >CONFIG
+	time make ${MAKEFLAGS} DPDK_DIR=$DPDK_DIR
+)
 rm -rf "$tmpdir"