diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_3.38.2.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_3.38.2.bb
index 7fedc43..04f340f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_3.38.2.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_3.38.2.bb
@@ -21,5 +21,8 @@
            "
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "8b05f2bcc1e80ecf4a10f6f01b3285087eb4cbdf5741dffb8c0355715ef5116d"
 
+# Developer mode enables debugging
+PACKAGECONFIG[developer-mode] = "-Ddeveloper_mode=true,-Ddeveloper_mode=false"
+
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1 ${datadir}/gnome-shell/search-providers ${datadir}/metainfo"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "iso-codes adwaita-icon-theme gsettings-desktop-schemas"