diff --git a/Utils/Daemon/Daemon.test.cc b/Utils/Daemon/Daemon.test.cc
index 584761f42ac09b5ffb41960544a051c65fb08c90..f3dfc1eccd582951a3dd2cce904c4d5aa1919c20 100644
--- a/Utils/Daemon/Daemon.test.cc
+++ b/Utils/Daemon/Daemon.test.cc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace {
         ::kill(::getpid(), SIGABRT);
     };
 
-    int run(int argc, char ** argv)
+    int run(int argc, char const ** argv)
     {
         pid  = ::fork();
         if (pid < 0) throw senf::SystemException("::fork()");
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_UNIT_TEST(testDaemon)
                             "--console-log=testDaemon.log", 
                             "--pid-file=testDaemon.pid" };
 
-    SENF_CHECK_NO_THROW( BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( run(sizeof(args)/sizeof(*args), const_cast<char **>(args)), 0 ) );
+    SENF_CHECK_NO_THROW( BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( run(sizeof(args)/sizeof(*args), args), 0 ) );
 
     BOOST_CHECK( ! boost::filesystem::exists("invalid.log") );
     BOOST_CHECK( ! boost::filesystem::exists("invalid.pid") );
diff --git a/senfscons/SENFSCons.py b/senfscons/SENFSCons.py
index 4c3f3b8626edb8444f7294da8b70c6eef575b76e..90a04ffb72f617ee5d1ab669b5945f3f86d7f4ae 100644
--- a/senfscons/SENFSCons.py
+++ b/senfscons/SENFSCons.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def InitOpts():
     opts.Add('EXTRA_DEFINES', 'Additional preprocessor defines', '')
     opts.Add('EXTRA_LIBS', 'Additional libraries to link against', '')
     opts.Add(SCons.Options.BoolOption('final','Enable optimization',0))
+    opts.Add(SCons.Options.BoolOption('debug','Enable debug symbols in binaries',0))
     opts.Add('PREFIX', 'Installation prefix', '/usr/local')
     opts.Add('LIBINSTALLDIR', 'Library install dir', '$PREFIX/lib')
     opts.Add('BININSTALLDIR', 'Executable install dir', '$PREFIX/bin')
@@ -267,8 +268,11 @@ def MakeEnvironment():
         # The boost-regex library is not compiled with _GLIBCXX_DEBUG so this fails:
         #          CPPDEFINES = [ '_GLIBCXX_DEBUG' ],
         env.Append(CXXFLAGS = [ '-O0', '-g' ],
-                   CPPDEFINES = { 'SENF_DEBUG': ''},
-                   LINKFLAGS = [ '-g', '-rdynamic' ])
+                   CPPDEFINES = { 'SENF_DEBUG': ''})
+        if env['debug']:
+            env.Append(LINKFLAGS = [ '-g', '-rdynamic' ])
+        else:
+            env.Append(LINKFLAGS = [ '-Wl,-S', '-rdynamic' ])
 
     env.Append(CPPDEFINES = [ '$EXTRA_DEFINES' ],
                LIBS = [ '$EXTRA_LIBS' ],