diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 2ba98f4ba2..86576e48a0 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ TARGET_VENDOR = "-poky"
 LOCALCONF_VERSION = "2"
 
 # Override these in poky based distros
-POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES = ""
+POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES = "minidebuginfo"
 POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS = "packagegroup-core-boot"
 POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-af-packet"