diff --git a/bin/sozo/src/commands/build.rs b/bin/sozo/src/commands/build.rs
index 2bc18af6f0..46cb25e8d9 100644
--- a/bin/sozo/src/commands/build.rs
+++ b/bin/sozo/src/commands/build.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ pub struct BuildArgs {
     /// Specify packages to build.
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub packages: Option<PackagesFilter>,
+
+    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(help = "Output the Sierra debug information for the compiled contracts.")]
+    pub output_debug_info: bool,
 }
 
 impl BuildArgs {
@@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ impl Default for BuildArgs {
             bindings_output: "bindings".to_string(),
             stats: false,
             packages: None,
+            output_debug_info: false,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bin/sozo/src/main.rs b/bin/sozo/src/main.rs
index eea47706c5..9fcddf4c7f 100644
--- a/bin/sozo/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/sozo/src/main.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,16 @@ fn cli_main(args: SozoArgs) -> Result<()> {
     let cairo_plugins = CairoPluginRepository::default();
 
     match &args.command {
-        Commands::Build(_) | Commands::Dev(_) | Commands::Migrate(_) => {
+        Commands::Build(args) => {
             trace!("Adding DojoCompiler to compiler repository.");
-            compilers.add(Box::new(DojoCompiler)).unwrap()
+            compilers.add(Box::new(DojoCompiler::new(args.output_debug_info))).unwrap()
         }
+
+        Commands::Dev(_) | Commands::Migrate(_) => {
+            trace!("Adding DojoCompiler to compiler repository.");
+            compilers.add(Box::new(DojoCompiler::default())).unwrap()
+        }
+
         _ => {}
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/dojo-lang/src/compiler.rs b/crates/dojo-lang/src/compiler.rs
index b1f1e7c6c2..b4b9ab312f 100644
--- a/crates/dojo-lang/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/crates/dojo-lang/src/compiler.rs
@@ -63,8 +63,21 @@ pub(crate) const LOG_TARGET: &str = "dojo_lang::compiler";
 #[path = "compiler_test.rs"]
 mod test;
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct DojoCompiler;
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct DojoCompiler {
+    /// Output the debug information of the compiled Sierra contracts.
+    ///
+    /// Mainly used for the Walnut debugger integration. It is used
+    /// internally by Walnut to build the Dojo project with the Sierra
+    /// debug information. This flag has no use outside of that.
+    output_debug_info: bool,
+}
+
+impl DojoCompiler {
+    pub fn new(output_debug_info: bool) -> Self {
+        Self { output_debug_info }
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
@@ -143,9 +156,7 @@ impl Compiler for DojoCompiler {
             compile_prepared_db(db, &contracts, compiler_config)?
         };
 
-        // TODO: get the debug flag from the `dojo_<profile>.toml` file.
-        let with_debug_info = true;
-        let debug_info_classes: Vec<Option<SierraToCairoDebugInfo>> = if with_debug_info {
+        let debug_info_classes: Vec<Option<SierraToCairoDebugInfo>> = if self.output_debug_info {
             let debug_classes =
                 crate::scarb_internal::debug::compile_prepared_db_to_debug_info(db, &contracts)?;
 
diff --git a/crates/dojo-test-utils/src/compiler.rs b/crates/dojo-test-utils/src/compiler.rs
index 6fe6340e2f..53fa5269de 100644
--- a/crates/dojo-test-utils/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/crates/dojo-test-utils/src/compiler.rs
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ pub fn copy_project_temp(
 /// * `profile` - The profile to use for the config.
 pub fn build_test_config(path: &str, profile: Profile) -> anyhow::Result<Config> {
     let mut compilers = CompilerRepository::empty();
-    compilers.add(Box::new(DojoCompiler)).unwrap();
+    compilers.add(Box::new(DojoCompiler::default())).unwrap();
 
     let cairo_plugins = CairoPluginRepository::default();