diff --git a/slurm-spank-private-tmpdir.spec b/slurm-spank-private-tmpdir.spec
index d0a878c..291edf8 100644
--- a/slurm-spank-private-tmpdir.spec
+++ b/slurm-spank-private-tmpdir.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Requires: slurm
 Slurm SPANK plugin that uses file system namespaces to create private
 temporary directories for each job.
 
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 # Dummy file used to get a RPM dependency on libslurm.so