diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8f03dea40..8e9fddb21 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-02-23  Jean Raby   <jraby@inverse.ca>
+
+	* debian/rules: add a symlink to let gdb find debugging symbols
+  for libSOGo on debian/ubuntu. (gdb bug #9538)
+
 2012-02-22  Francis Lachapelle  <flachapelle@inverse.ca>
 
 	* UI/WebServerResources/UIxAclEditor.js (addUser): fixed case when
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f155e4c0a..4c5529411 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ binary-arch: build-arch install-arch
 	dh_install
 	dh_link
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=sogo-dbg
+#	workaround for http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9538
+#	to let gdb find the symbols for libSOGo
+	( cd debian/sogo-dbg/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/; \
+	  ln -s GNUstep/Frameworks/SOGo.framework/Versions/*/libSOGo* ./ )
 	dh_compress
 	dh_fixperms -X/etc/cron.d/sogo
 	dh_makeshlibs