diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a2d2129f61..05503f2c8a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Nov 27 15:13:51 2012  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+	* common.mk (rdoc):  Set --debug for rdoc generation in case of bugs
+
 Tue Nov 27 14:56:45 2012  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
 
 	* lib/rdoc/rubygems_hook.rb:  Updated for (upcoming) RubyGems 2
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index e30462fdf0..3429f821b0 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ post-install-doc::
 
 rdoc: PHONY main
 	@echo Generating RDoc documentation
-	$(Q) $(XRUBY) "$(srcdir)/bin/rdoc" --encoding=UTF-8 --no-force-update --all --ri --op "$(RDOCOUT)" $(RDOCFLAGS) "$(srcdir)"
+	$(Q) $(XRUBY) "$(srcdir)/bin/rdoc" --encoding=UTF-8 --no-force-update --all --ri --op "$(RDOCOUT)" --debug $(RDOCFLAGS) "$(srcdir)"
 
 rdoc-coverage: PHONY main
 	@echo Generating RDoc coverage report