diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 40466f004c..a8d22a8df0 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ android {
     buildTypes {
         debug {
             applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
+            debuggable        true
             versionNameSuffix "-SNAPSHOT"
             resValue "string", "build_config_package", "im.status.ethereum"
         }
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ android {
             initWith release
             applicationIdSuffix ".pr"
             versionNameSuffix ".pr"
+            debuggable        true
             matchingFallbacks = ["release"]
             // necessary to make react-native-config's code generation work
             resValue "string", "build_config_package", "im.status.ethereum"