diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
index 8da849d81a4d72..55c1f243b51d68 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java
@@ -712,6 +712,15 @@ public NativeImageInvokerInfo build() {
                      * See https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/30772 for more details.
                      */
                     nativeImageArgs.add("-H:+TrackNodeSourcePosition");
+                    /*
+                     * Starting with GraalVM/Mandrel 23.0, native-image strips debug info in a separate file by default.
+                     * Quarkus already does this, so for the time being we disable GraalVM/Mandrel's splitting as in
+                     * contrast to Quarkus it uses absolute paths which makes debugging harder especially for
+                     * in-container builds.
+                     *
+                     * See https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/31258
+                     */
+                    nativeImageArgs.add("-H:-StripDebugInfo");
                 }
 
                 /**