diff --git a/tools/buildzip.pl b/tools/buildzip.pl
index e10396dac7..0613be1484 100755
--- a/tools/buildzip.pl
+++ b/tools/buildzip.pl
@@ -692,6 +692,13 @@ sub buildzip {
     # copy the .lua files
     glob_mkdir("$temp_dir/rocks/viewers/lua/");
     glob_copy('apps/plugins/lua/*.lua', "$temp_dir/rocks/viewers/lua/");
+
+    # finally, bundle map files for debug
+    glob_mkdir("$temp_dir/debug");
+    glob_copy("*.map", "$temp_dir/debug");
+# codecs and plugin maps add up
+#    find(find_copyfile(qr/\.(map)/, abs_path("$temp_dir/debug")), 'lib');
+#    find(find_copyfile(qr/\.(map)/, abs_path("$temp_dir/debug")), 'apps/plugins');
 }
 
 my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) =