diff --git a/docker/builder/Dockerfile b/docker/builder/Dockerfile
index 015eb100..620fb46b 100644
--- a/docker/builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/builder/Dockerfile
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ RUN source scl_source enable devtoolset-7 && \
     rm -rf /tmp/cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}
 
 # fixme: deps needs a fix into CMakeLists.txt
-RUN yum -y install libyaml-devel
-
-RUN yum clean all -y
+RUN yum -y install libyaml-devel && yum clean all -y
 
 COPY ./root /
 
@@ -48,4 +46,4 @@ ENV BASH_ENV=/usr/bin/scl_enable \
     PROMPT_COMMAND=". /usr/bin/scl_enable"
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoint"]
-CMD ["usage"]
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+CMD ["usage"]
diff --git a/docker/builder/root/usr/bin/entrypoint b/docker/builder/root/usr/bin/entrypoint
index 3a150ed3..636206b8 100755
--- a/docker/builder/root/usr/bin/entrypoint
+++ b/docker/builder/root/usr/bin/entrypoint
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ shift
 
 # Build type can be "debug" or "release", fallbacks to "release" by default
 BUILD_TYPE=$(echo "$BUILD_TYPE" | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")
+DRAIOS_DEBUG_FLAGS=
 case "$BUILD_TYPE" in
 "debug")
+    DRAIOS_DEBUG_FLAGS="-D_DEBUG -DNDEBUG"
     ;;
 *)
     BUILD_TYPE="release"
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ case "$CMD" in
     -DBUILD_BPF="$BUILD_BPF" \
     -DBUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS="$BUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS" \
     -DFALCO_VERSION="$FALCO_VERSION" \
+    -DDRAIOS_DEBUG_FLAGS="$DRAIOS_DEBUG_FLAGS" \
     "$SOURCE_DIR/falco"
     exit "$(printf '%d\n' $?)"
     ;;
@@ -56,4 +59,4 @@ case "$CMD" in
     cd "$BUILD_DIR/$BUILD_TYPE"
     make -j"$MAKE_JOBS" "$CMD"
     ;;
-esac
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+esac