diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 5bab8d4f24..3d4ee92e95 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -3906,6 +3906,34 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT'><glossterm>INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT</glossterm>
+            <glossdef>
+
+                <para>
+                    Prevents the OpenEmbedded build system from splitting
+                    out debug information during packaging.
+                    By default, the build system splits out debugging
+                    information during the
+                    <link linkend='ref-tasks-package'><filename>do_package</filename></link>
+                    task.
+                    For more information on how debug information is split out,
+                    see the
+                    <link linkend='var-PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE'><filename>PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE</filename></link>
+                    variable.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    To prevent the build system from splitting out
+                    debug information during packaging, set the
+                    <filename>INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT</filename> variable
+                    as follows:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT = "1"
+                    </literallayout>
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP'><glossterm>INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>