diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 724dd23fd..c2d8236b8 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 # Tensorflow needs remote repo
 common --experimental_repo_remote_exec
 
+# debug config
+build:debug -c dbg
+build:debug --features=oso_prefix_is_pwd
+build:debug --javacopt="-g"
+#build:debug --copt="-g"
+build:debug --strip="never"
+
+
+
 # Basic build settings
 build --jobs 128
 build --define='absl=1'  # for gtest
diff --git a/mediapipe/MediaPipe.tulsiproj/project.tulsiconf b/mediapipe/MediaPipe.tulsiproj/project.tulsiconf
index e5a613db0..8a6ebbc7d 100644
--- a/mediapipe/MediaPipe.tulsiproj/project.tulsiconf
+++ b/mediapipe/MediaPipe.tulsiproj/project.tulsiconf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
   "configDefaults" : {
     "optionSet" : {
+      "BazelBuildOptionsDebug" : {
+        "p" : "--config=debug"
+      },
       "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" : {
         "p" : "c++14"
       }