diff --git a/platform/iphone/SCsub b/platform/iphone/SCsub
index ee2cca61070..24d37a10bef 100644
--- a/platform/iphone/SCsub
+++ b/platform/iphone/SCsub
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ obj = env_ios.Object('godot_iphone.cpp')
 
 prog = None
 prog = env_ios.add_program('#bin/godot', [obj] + iphone_lib)
-action = "$IPHONEPATH/usr/bin/dsymutil " + File(prog)[0].path + " -o " + File(prog)[0].path + ".dSYM"
-env.AddPostAction(prog, action)
+
+if env['separate_debug_symbols']:
+    action = "$IPHONEPATH/usr/bin/dsymutil " + File(prog)[0].path + " -o " + File(prog)[0].path + ".dSYM"
+    env.AddPostAction(prog, action)
diff --git a/platform/iphone/detect.py b/platform/iphone/detect.py
index 9256ef12652..fb85a8d1dc8 100644
--- a/platform/iphone/detect.py
+++ b/platform/iphone/detect.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def get_opts():
         ('ios_exceptions', 'Enable exceptions', 'no'),
         ('ios_triple', 'Triple for ios toolchain', ''),
         ('ios_sim', 'Build simulator binary', 'no'),
-        ('use_lto', 'Use link time optimization', 'no')
+        ('use_lto', 'Use link time optimization', 'no'),
+        ('separate_debug_symbols', 'Extract debug symbols in .dSYM archive', False),
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/platform/osx/SCsub b/platform/osx/SCsub
index 7cad5ac772e..76517b147bc 100644
--- a/platform/osx/SCsub
+++ b/platform/osx/SCsub
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ files = [
 
 prog = env.add_program('#bin/godot', files)
 
-if (env['target'] == "debug" or env['target'] == "release_debug"):
+if env['separate_debug_symbols'] and (env['target'] == "debug" or env['target'] == "release_debug"):
     # Build the .dSYM file for atos
     action = "dsymutil " + File(prog)[0].path + " -o " + File(prog)[0].path + ".dSYM"
     env.AddPostAction(prog, action)
diff --git a/platform/osx/detect.py b/platform/osx/detect.py
index 20d313809e8..858f4664eac 100644
--- a/platform/osx/detect.py
+++ b/platform/osx/detect.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def get_opts():
 
     return [
         ('osxcross_sdk', 'OSXCross SDK version', 'darwin14'),
-
+        ('separate_debug_symbols', 'Extract debug symbols in .dSYM archive', False),
     ]