diff --git a/tests/abuild.bats b/tests/abuild.bats
index 92a8e3c..b85a1bb 100644
--- a/tests/abuild.bats
+++ b/tests/abuild.bats
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ teardown() {
 	$ABUILD cleanpkg
 }
 
+@test "abuild: test -dbg subpackage" {
+	cd testrepo/dbgpkg
+	$ABUILD
+}
+
 @test "abuild: verify that packages are reproducible built" {
 	cd testrepo/pkg1
 	arch=$($ABUILD -A)
diff --git a/tests/testrepo/dbgpkg/APKBUILD b/tests/testrepo/dbgpkg/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab25975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testrepo/dbgpkg/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+
+# test package
+pkgname="dbgpkg"
+pkgver="1.0"
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Dummy test package to test -dbg"
+url="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports"
+arch="all"
+license="MIT"
+subpackages="$pkgname-dbg"
+source="hello.c"
+builddir="$srcdir/dbgpkg-1.0"
+
+prepare() {
+	mkdir -p "$builddir"
+	cp "$srcdir"/*.c "$builddir"
+}
+
+build() {
+	${CC:-gcc} -o hello hello.c
+}
+
+check() {
+	./hello
+}
+
+package() {
+	install -D -m755 hello "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/hello
+}
+
+sha512sums="
+e80c0d471f7ec07708795b86127f0f7c968c49031f1e57cae200b5fbf2606e55fc4d56efb05a85c6f54dfe33e87d6789154cf15aee72ba0d216f08fb57926503  hello.c
+"
diff --git a/tests/testrepo/dbgpkg/hello.c b/tests/testrepo/dbgpkg/hello.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6734752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testrepo/dbgpkg/hello.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main() {
+	printf("hello world\n");
+	return 0;
+}