diff --git a/src/alloy/alloy-private.h b/src/alloy/alloy-private.h
index fb0c8561c..76b59e381 100644
--- a/src/alloy/alloy-private.h
+++ b/src/alloy/alloy-private.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 
 DECLARE_bool(debug);
+DECLARE_bool(always_disasm);
 
 
 namespace alloy {
diff --git a/src/alloy/alloy.cc b/src/alloy/alloy.cc
index 2d718b614..1fd5261c0 100644
--- a/src/alloy/alloy.cc
+++ b/src/alloy/alloy.cc
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ using namespace alloy;
 
 DEFINE_bool(debug, DEFAULT_DEBUG_FLAG,
     "Allow debugging and retain debug information.");
+
+DEFINE_bool(always_disasm, false,
+    "Always add debug info to functions, even when no debugger is attached.");
diff --git a/src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_translator.cc b/src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_translator.cc
index c4121fb13..efc0b8d5d 100644
--- a/src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_translator.cc
+++ b/src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_translator.cc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int PPCTranslator::Translate(
 
   // NOTE: we only want to do this when required, as it's expensive to build.
   DebugInfo* debug_info = NULL;
-  if (FLAGS_debug || with_debug_info) {
+  if (FLAGS_always_disasm || with_debug_info) {
     debug_info = new DebugInfo();
   }