diff --git a/API/hermes/CMakeLists.txt b/API/hermes/CMakeLists.txt
index 08fc998038e..dc4f4e20d6b 100644
--- a/API/hermes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/API/hermes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ install(DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/API/hermes" DESTINATION include
 
 # Create debug symbols (dSYM) bundle for Apple platform dylibs/frameworks
 # Largely inspired by https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/6701993027f8af172d7ba697884459261b00e3c6/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake#L1934-L1986
-if(APPLE AND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "-gdwarf")
+if(HERMES_BUILD_APPLE_DSYM)
   if(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "-flto")
     set(lto_object ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/libhermes-lto.o)
     set_property(TARGET libhermes APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,-object_path_lto,${lto_object}")
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 79ccb541da1..e5cb5b7f17c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ set(HERMES_ENABLE_TEST_SUITE ON CACHE BOOL
 set(HERMES_BUILD_APPLE_FRAMEWORK ON CACHE BOOL
   "Whether to build the libhermes target as a framework bundle or dylib on Apple platforms")
 
+set(HERMES_BUILD_APPLE_DSYM OFF CACHE BOOL
+  "Whether to build a DWARF debugging symbols bundle")
+
 if (HERMES_IS_ANDROID)
   set(HERMES_IS_MOBILE_BUILD TRUE)
 
@@ -237,6 +240,10 @@ if (HERMES_IS_ANDROID)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if(HERMES_BUILD_APPLE_DSYM)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -gdwarf")
+endif()
+
 if (HERMES_IS_MOBILE_BUILD)
   add_definitions(-DHERMES_IS_MOBILE_BUILD)
 endif()
@@ -695,7 +702,8 @@ add_custom_target(
 
 add_custom_target(
   hermes-runtime-darwin-cocoapods-release
-  DEPENDS install
+  COMMAND
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --target install/strip
   COMMAND
     mkdir -p ${HERMES_GITHUB_DIR}/package-root
   COMMAND
diff --git a/hermes.podspec b/hermes.podspec
index 7ac47cef317..a635714d6db 100644
--- a/hermes.podspec
+++ b/hermes.podspec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module HermesHelper
   end
 
   def self.cmake_configuration
-    "-DHERMES_ENABLE_DEBUGGER:BOOLEAN=true -DHERMES_ENABLE_FUZZING:BOOLEAN=false -DHERMES_ENABLE_TEST_SUITE:BOOLEAN=false"
+    "-DHERMES_ENABLE_DEBUGGER:BOOLEAN=true -DHERMES_ENABLE_FUZZING:BOOLEAN=false -DHERMES_ENABLE_TEST_SUITE:BOOLEAN=false -DHERMES_BUILD_APPLE_FRAMEWORK:BOOLEAN=true -DHERMES_BUILD_APPLE_DSYM:BOOLEAN=true"
   end
 
   def self.configure_command
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
     if [ ! -d destroot/Library/Frameworks/hermes.framework ]; then
       if #{HermesHelper.command_exists?("cmake")}; then
         if #{HermesHelper.command_exists?("ninja")}; then
-          #{HermesHelper.configure_command} --build-system='Ninja' && cd build && ninja install
+          #{HermesHelper.configure_command} --build-system='Ninja' && cd build && ninja install/strip
         else
-          #{HermesHelper.configure_command} --build-system='Unix Makefiles' && cd build && make install
+          #{HermesHelper.configure_command} --build-system='Unix Makefiles' && cd build && make install/strip
         fi
       else
         echo >&2 'CMake is required to install Hermes, install it with: brew install cmake'