diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46bbbe30f..0f84644ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 *.so
 **/*.framework/*
 !**/*.framework/*.meta
+**/*.framework.dSYM/*
+!**/*.framework.dSYM/*.meta
 
 bazel-*
 
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 5d4f2a63b..36be939d7 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@ def _copy(self, source, dest, mode=0o755):
     self.console.v(f"Changing the mode of '{dest}'...")
     os.chmod(dest, mode)
 
-  def _copytree(self, source, dest):
+  def _copytree(self, source, dest, ignore_nonexistent_source=False):
     self.console.v(f"Copying '{source}' to '{dest}' recursively...")
 
+    if ignore_nonexistent_source and not os.path.exists(source):
+      self.console.v(f"Tried to copy '{source}', but it does not exist")
+      return
+
     if not os.path.exists(dest):
       self.console.v(f"Creating '{dest}'...")
       os.makedirs(dest, 0o755)
@@ -158,8 +162,15 @@ def run(self):
 
     if self.command_args.ios:
       self.console.info('Building native libaries for iOS...')
+      ios_plugin_dst = os.path.join(_BUILD_RUNTIME_PATH, 'Plugins', 'iOS')
       self._run_command(self._build_ios_commands())
-      self._unzip(self._find_latest_built_framework(), os.path.join(_BUILD_RUNTIME_PATH, 'Plugins', 'iOS'))
+      self._unzip(self._find_latest_built_framework(), ios_plugin_dst)
+
+      # Copy dSYM files if they exist (when built with `--apple_generate_dsym`)
+      self._copytree(
+        os.path.join(_BAZEL_BIN_PATH, 'mediapipe_api', 'objc', 'MediaPipeUnity.framework.dSYM'),
+        os.path.join(ios_plugin_dst, 'MediaPipeUnity.framework.dSYM'),
+        ignore_nonexistent_source=True)
 
       self.console.info('Built native libraries for iOS')