diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1f3eef3266..90dcb87edc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ inherits = "release"
 lto = "fat"
 codegen-units = 1
 
+[profile.maxperf-symbols]
+inherits = "maxperf"
+debug = "full"
+strip = "none"
+
 [profile.reproducible]
 inherits = "release"
 panic = "abort"
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index f3087c9095..b1a9e26e3b 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ variable "TAG" {
 }
 
 variable "BUILD_PROFILE" {
-  default = "maxperf"
+  default = "maxperf-symbols"
 }
 
 variable "FEATURES" {
@@ -137,4 +137,3 @@ target "kurtosis" {
   tags   = ["ghcr.io/paradigmxyz/reth:kurtosis-ci"]
   output = ["type=docker,dest=${HIVE_OUTPUT_DIR}/reth_image.tar"]
 }
-