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diff --git a/home-manager/modules/misc/debug.nix b/home-manager/modules/misc/debug.nix
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+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  options.home = {
+    enableDebugInfo = mkEnableOption "" // {
+      description = ''
+        Some Nix-packages provide debug symbols for
+        <command>gdb</command> in the <literal>debug</literal>-output.
+        This option ensures that those are automatically fetched from
+        the binary cache if available and <command>gdb</command> is
+        configured to find those symbols.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.home.enableDebugInfo {
+    home.extraOutputsToInstall = [ "debug" ];
+
+    home.sessionVariables = {
+      NIX_DEBUG_INFO_DIRS =
+        "$NIX_DEBUG_INFO_DIRS\${NIX_DEBUG_INFO_DIRS:+:}${config.home.profileDirectory}/lib/debug";
+    };
+  };
+}