diff --git a/site/index.html b/site/index.html
index a74938f..401b5ae 100644
--- a/site/index.html
+++ b/site/index.html
@@ -880,6 +880,10 @@ builds faster. This recipe makes use of many environment variables:
 <li><code>PROG</code>: The name of the output binary</li>
 <li><code>DEFINES</code>: Global preprocessor definitions</li>
 <li><code>INCLUDES</code>: Header directories to make available</li>
+<li><code>DEBUG</code>: If set to "1", append some debug flags to
+<code>CFLAGS</code>, and wipe out any <code>LDFLAGS</code> that
+would cause the output binary to be optimized. Also appends "-debug"
+to <code>PROG</code>.</li>
 </ul>
 <code>TELODENDRIA_VERSION</code> also makes its way into the output
 binary, but it is primarily used for generating releases.
diff --git a/tools/bin/td b/tools/bin/td
index 93c7a94..7215e38 100644
--- a/tools/bin/td
+++ b/tools/bin/td
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ if [ -f "$(pwd)/.env" ]; then
 	. "$(pwd)/.env"
 fi
 
+if [ "$DEBUG" = "1" ]; then
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O0 -g"
+	LDFLAGS=""
+	PROG="$PROG-debug"
+fi
+
 # Check the modificiation time of a file. This is used to do
 # incremental builds; we only want to rebuild files that have
 # have changed.