diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29aa1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default['ceph']['install_debug'] = true
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 83efa38..38ec357 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@
 		        
 packages = %w{
 	ceph
-	ceph-dbg
 	ceph-common
-	ceph-common-dbg
 }
 
+if node['ceph']['install_debug']
+  packages_dbg = %w{
+    ceph-dbg
+    ceph-common-dbg
+  }
+  packages = packages + packages_dbg
+end
+
 packages.each do |pkg|
 	package pkg do
 		action :upgrade
diff --git a/recipes/radosgw.rb b/recipes/radosgw.rb
index dcc2093..b1bedb2 100644
--- a/recipes/radosgw.rb
+++ b/recipes/radosgw.rb
@@ -21,10 +21,16 @@ include_recipe "apache2"
 
 packages = %w{
 	radosgw
-	radosgw-dbg
 	libapache2-mod-fastcgi
 }
 
+if node['ceph']['install_debug']
+  packages_dbg = %w{
+    radosgw-dbg
+  }
+  packages = packages + packages_dbg
+end
+
 packages.each do |pkg|
 	package pkg do
 		action :upgrade