diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e495c0d3abdca..ab5d2f34febd5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ opt_nosave debug-assertions 0 "build with debugging assertions"
 opt_nosave llvm-release-debuginfo 0 "build LLVM with debugger metadata"
 opt_nosave debuginfo 0 "build with debugger metadata"
 opt_nosave debuginfo-lines 0 "build with line number debugger metadata"
+opt_nosave debuginfo-only-std 0 "build only libstd with debugging information"
 opt_nosave debug-jemalloc 0 "build jemalloc with --enable-debug --enable-fill"
 
 valopt localstatedir "/var/lib" "local state directory"
@@ -732,15 +733,17 @@ case "$CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL" in
     nightly )
 	msg "overriding settings for $CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL"
 	CFG_ENABLE_LLVM_ASSERTIONS=1
-
-        # FIXME(#37364) shouldn't have to disable this on windows-gnu
+        # FIXME(stage0) re-enable this on the next stage0 now that #35566 is
+        # fixed
         case "$CFG_BUILD" in
           *-pc-windows-gnu)
             ;;
           *)
-	    CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_LINES=1
+            CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_LINES=1
+            CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_ONLY_STD=1
             ;;
         esac
+
 	;;
     beta | stable)
 	msg "overriding settings for $CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL"
@@ -748,7 +751,8 @@ case "$CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL" in
           *-pc-windows-gnu)
             ;;
           *)
-	    CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_LINES=1
+            CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_LINES=1
+            CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_ONLY_STD=1
             ;;
         esac
 	;;
@@ -784,6 +788,7 @@ if [ -n "$CFG_ENABLE_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS" ]; then putvar CFG_ENABLE_DEBUG_ASSERTION
 if [ -n "$CFG_ENABLE_LLVM_RELEASE_DEBUGINFO" ]; then putvar CFG_ENABLE_LLVM_RELEASE_DEBUGINFO; fi
 if [ -n "$CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO" ]; then putvar CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO; fi
 if [ -n "$CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_LINES" ]; then putvar CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_LINES; fi
+if [ -n "$CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_ONLY_STD" ]; then putvar CFG_ENABLE_DEBUGINFO_ONLY_STD; fi
 if [ -n "$CFG_ENABLE_DEBUG_JEMALLOC" ]; then putvar CFG_ENABLE_DEBUG_JEMALLOC; fi
 
 step_msg "looking for build programs"
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
index b268686ca6c3b..04d01759abf93 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ pub fn rustc<'a>(build: &'a Build, target: &str, compiler: &Compiler<'a>) {
          .env("CFG_PREFIX", build.config.prefix.clone().unwrap_or(String::new()))
          .env("CFG_LIBDIR_RELATIVE", "lib");
 
+    // If we're not building a compiler with debugging information then remove
+    // these two env vars which would be set otherwise.
+    if build.config.rust_debuginfo_only_std {
+        cargo.env_remove("RUSTC_DEBUGINFO");
+        cargo.env_remove("RUSTC_DEBUGINFO_LINES");
+    }
+
     if let Some(ref ver_date) = build.ver_date {
         cargo.env("CFG_VER_DATE", ver_date);
     }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
index b8abcb28c4e33..1f67b52db89f5 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub rust_debug_assertions: bool,
     pub rust_debuginfo: bool,
     pub rust_debuginfo_lines: bool,
+    pub rust_debuginfo_only_std: bool,
     pub rust_rpath: bool,
     pub rustc_default_linker: Option<String>,
     pub rustc_default_ar: Option<String>,
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ struct Rust {
     debug_assertions: Option<bool>,
     debuginfo: Option<bool>,
     debuginfo_lines: Option<bool>,
+    debuginfo_only_std: Option<bool>,
     debug_jemalloc: Option<bool>,
     use_jemalloc: Option<bool>,
     backtrace: Option<bool>,
@@ -279,6 +281,7 @@ impl Config {
             set(&mut config.rust_debug_assertions, rust.debug_assertions);
             set(&mut config.rust_debuginfo, rust.debuginfo);
             set(&mut config.rust_debuginfo_lines, rust.debuginfo_lines);
+            set(&mut config.rust_debuginfo_only_std, rust.debuginfo_only_std);
             set(&mut config.rust_optimize, rust.optimize);
             set(&mut config.rust_optimize_tests, rust.optimize_tests);
             set(&mut config.rust_debuginfo_tests, rust.debuginfo_tests);
@@ -371,6 +374,7 @@ impl Config {
                 ("DEBUG_ASSERTIONS", self.rust_debug_assertions),
                 ("DEBUGINFO", self.rust_debuginfo),
                 ("DEBUGINFO_LINES", self.rust_debuginfo_lines),
+                ("DEBUGINFO_ONLY_STD", self.rust_debuginfo_only_std),
                 ("JEMALLOC", self.use_jemalloc),
                 ("DEBUG_JEMALLOC", self.debug_jemalloc),
                 ("RPATH", self.rust_rpath),
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/config.toml.example b/src/bootstrap/config.toml.example
index 9e50e71bf7d31..22542f8737594 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/config.toml.example
+++ b/src/bootstrap/config.toml.example
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@
 # Whether or not line number debug information is emitted
 #debuginfo-lines = false
 
+# Whether or not to only build debuginfo for the standard library if enabled.
+# If enabled, this will not compile the compiler with debuginfo, just the
+# standard library.
+#debuginfo-only-std = false
+
 # Whether or not jemalloc is built and enabled
 #use-jemalloc = true