diff --git a/debug-build.sh b/debug-build.sh
index a18818b20..d3ba81320 100755
--- a/debug-build.sh
+++ b/debug-build.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ echo "Compiling a debug build with --enable-debug..."
 
 # run correct build script for detected OS
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
-    CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--enable-debug ./util/build.sh --disable-tests $@
+    # TODO: we only have debug builds on linux for now
+    CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--enable-debug ./util/debug-build.sh --disable-tests $@
 elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     # code from ./util/build.sh needs to be ported to support --disable-tests
     #./util/build-mac.sh --disable-tests $@
diff --git a/util/build.sh b/util/build.sh
index fcb3e2ef7..cbcd9a416 100755
--- a/util/build.sh
+++ b/util/build.sh
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ HOST="$HOST" BUILD="$BUILD" "$MAKE" "$@" -C ./depends/ V=1
 
 ./autogen.sh
 
-#TODO: only use rdynamic for a debug build
-CONFIG_SITE="$PWD/depends/$HOST/share/config.site" ./configure "$HARDENING_ARG" "$LCOV_ARG" "$TEST_ARG" "$MINING_ARG" $CONFIGURE_FLAGS CXXFLAGS='-g -rdynamic'
+CONFIG_SITE="$PWD/depends/$HOST/share/config.site" ./configure "$HARDENING_ARG" "$LCOV_ARG" "$TEST_ARG" "$MINING_ARG" $CONFIGURE_FLAGS CXXFLAGS='-g'
 
 # Build CryptoConditions stuff
 WD=$PWD
diff --git a/util/debug-build.sh b/util/debug-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a47681506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/debug-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2024 The Hush developers
+# Distributed under the GPLv3 software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+# Check if cmake, a new dependency for randomx support, is installed on system and exits if it is not
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v cmake)" ]; then
+  echo 'Error: cmake is not installed. Install cmake and try again.' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v autoreconf)" ]; then
+  echo 'Error: autoconf is not installed. Install autoconf and try again.' >&2
+  echo 'On Debian-like systems: apt install autoconf' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+function cmd_pref() {
+    if type -p "$2" > /dev/null; then
+        eval "$1=$2"
+    else
+        eval "$1=$3"
+    fi
+}
+cat <<'EOF'
+ .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
+{{ Building Hush!! }}
+ `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
+        \   ^__^
+         \  (@@)\_______            
+            (__)\ HUSH  )\/\      $
+    z        zz ||----w |      z  |
+zz  zz  z       || z   ||xxx   z z|z zz
+zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
+zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
+EOF
+
+# If a g-prefixed version of the command exists, use it preferentially.
+function gprefix() {
+    cmd_pref "$1" "g$2" "$2"
+}
+
+gprefix READLINK readlink
+cd "$(dirname "$("$READLINK" -f "$0")")/.."
+
+# Allow user overrides to $MAKE. Typical usage for users who need it:
+#   MAKE=gmake ./util/build.sh -j$(nproc)
+if [[ -z "${MAKE-}" ]]; then
+    MAKE=make
+fi
+
+# Allow overrides to $BUILD and $HOST for porters. Most users will not need it.
+#   BUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu ./util/build.sh
+if [[ -z "${BUILD-}" ]]; then
+    BUILD="$(./depends/config.guess)"
+fi
+if [[ -z "${HOST-}" ]]; then
+    HOST="$BUILD"
+fi
+
+# Allow users to set arbitrary compile flags. Most users will not need this.
+if [[ -z "${CONFIGURE_FLAGS-}" ]]; then
+    CONFIGURE_FLAGS=""
+fi
+
+if [ "x$*" = 'x--help' ]
+then
+    cat ./util/dragon.txt
+    cat <<EOF
+Welcome To The Hush Build System, Here Be Dragons!
+Usage:
+$0 --help
+  Show this help message and exit.
+$0 [ --enable-lcov || --disable-tests ] [ --disable-mining ] [ --disable-libs ] [ MAKEARGS... ]
+  Build Hush and most of its transitive dependencies from source. MAKEARGS are applied to both dependencies and Hush itself.
+  If --enable-lcov is passed, Hush is configured to add coverage instrumentation, thus enabling "make cov" to work.
+  If --disable-tests is passed instead, the Hush tests are not built.
+  If --disable-mining is passed, Hush is configured to not build any mining code. It must be passed after the test arguments, if present.
+  It must be passed after the test/mining arguments, if present.
+EOF
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+set -x
+
+# If --enable-lcov is the first argument, enable lcov coverage support:
+LCOV_ARG=''
+HARDENING_ARG='--enable-hardening'
+TEST_ARG=''
+if [ "x${1:-}" = 'x--enable-lcov' ]
+then
+    LCOV_ARG='--enable-lcov'
+    HARDENING_ARG='--disable-hardening'
+    shift
+elif [ "x${1:-}" = 'x--disable-tests' ]
+then
+    TEST_ARG='--enable-tests=no'
+    shift
+fi
+
+# If --disable-mining is the next argument, disable mining code:
+MINING_ARG=''
+if [ "x${1:-}" = 'x--disable-mining' ]
+then
+    MINING_ARG='--enable-mining=no'
+    shift
+fi
+
+# Just show the useful info
+eval "$MAKE" --version | head -n2
+as --version | head -n1
+as --version | tail -n1
+ld -v
+
+HOST="$HOST" BUILD="$BUILD" "$MAKE" "$@" -C ./depends/ V=1
+
+./autogen.sh
+
+CONFIG_SITE="$PWD/depends/$HOST/share/config.site" ./configure "$HARDENING_ARG" "$LCOV_ARG" "$TEST_ARG" "$MINING_ARG" $CONFIGURE_FLAGS CXXFLAGS='-g -rdynamic'
+
+# Build CryptoConditions stuff
+WD=$PWD
+cd src/cc
+echo $PWD
+./makecustom
+cd $WD
+
+# Build RandomX
+cd src/RandomX
+if [ -d "build" ]
+then
+    ls -la build/librandomx*
+else
+    mkdir build && cd build
+    cmake -DARCH=native ..
+    make
+fi
+
+cd $WD
+
+"$MAKE" "$@" V=1