diff --git a/meta-ti-extras/recipes-ti/jailhouse/jailhouse-inmate.bb b/meta-ti-extras/recipes-ti/jailhouse/jailhouse-inmate.bb
index 39654a53..c6b3b85b 100644
--- a/meta-ti-extras/recipes-ti/jailhouse/jailhouse-inmate.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-extras/recipes-ti/jailhouse/jailhouse-inmate.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 require ti-jailhouse.inc
 
+# Inmate binaries are bare-metal; no debug package needed
+INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT = "1"
+
 do_install() {
 
 	install -d ${D}${bindir}