diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 8dba582..417bc91 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -2361,10 +2361,10 @@
 ifneq ($(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET),)
 ifneq ($(strip $(TARGET_NO_KERNEL)),true)
 ifneq ($(strip $(BOARD_KERNEL_BINARIES)),)
-  INSTALLED_DEBUG_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET := $(foreach k,$(subst kernel,boot-debug,$(BOARD_KERNEL_BINARIES)), \
+  INSTALLED_DEBUG_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET := $(foreach k,$(subst kernel,$(DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME),$(BOARD_KERNEL_BINARIES)), \
          $(PRODUCT_OUT)/$(k).img)
 else
-  INSTALLED_DEBUG_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/boot-debug.img
+  INSTALLED_DEBUG_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/$(DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME).img
 endif
 
 # Replace ramdisk.img in $(MKBOOTIMG) ARGS with ramdisk-debug.img to build boot-debug.img
@@ -2398,10 +2398,10 @@
 
 # $(1): output file
 define build-debug-bootimage-target
-  $(MKBOOTIMG) --kernel $(PRODUCT_OUT)/$(subst .img,,$(subst boot-debug,kernel,$(notdir $(1)))) \
+  $(MKBOOTIMG) --kernel $(PRODUCT_OUT)/$(subst .img,,$(subst $(DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME),kernel,$(notdir $(1)))) \
     $(INTERNAL_DEBUG_BOOTIMAGE_ARGS) $(INTERNAL_MKBOOTIMG_VERSION_ARGS) \
     $(INTERNAL_MKBOOTIMG_GKI_SINGING_ARGS) $(BOARD_MKBOOTIMG_ARGS) --output $1
-  $(if $(BOARD_AVB_BOOT_KEY_PATH),$(call test-key-sign-bootimage,$1,boot-debug))
+  $(if $(BOARD_AVB_BOOT_KEY_PATH),$(call test-key-sign-bootimage,$1,$(DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME)))
 endef
 
 # Depends on original boot.img and ramdisk-debug.img, to build the new boot-debug.img
diff --git a/core/board_config.mk b/core/board_config.mk
index 53dbb92..b4e2b91 100644
--- a/core/board_config.mk
+++ b/core/board_config.mk
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@
 endif
 .KATI_READONLY := BUILDING_BOOT_IMAGE
 
+DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME := boot-debug
+ifneq ($(PRODUCT_DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME),)
+  DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME := $(PRODUCT_DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME)
+endif
+.KATI_READONLY := DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME
+
 # Are we building a recovery image
 BUILDING_RECOVERY_IMAGE :=
 ifeq ($(PRODUCT_BUILD_RECOVERY_IMAGE),)
diff --git a/core/product.mk b/core/product.mk
index 41cd310..79d22b1 100644
--- a/core/product.mk
+++ b/core/product.mk
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@
     PRODUCT_DEX_PREOPT_BOOT_IMAGE_PROFILE_LOCATION \
     PRODUCT_USES_DEFAULT_ART_CONFIG \
 
+# The file name for the boot image with a debug ramdisk.
+_product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME
+
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_SYSTEM_SERVER_COMPILER_FILTER
 # Per-module sanitizer configs
 _product_list_vars += PRODUCT_SANITIZER_MODULE_CONFIGS
diff --git a/target/product/gsi_release.mk b/target/product/gsi_release.mk
index bd7c4ab..014366d 100644
--- a/target/product/gsi_release.mk
+++ b/target/product/gsi_release.mk
@@ -78,3 +78,7 @@
 # Additional settings used in all GSI builds
 PRODUCT_PRODUCT_PROPERTIES += \
     ro.crypto.metadata_init_delete_all_keys.enabled=false \
+
+# Renames boot-debug-*.img to boot-with-debug-ramdisk-*.img to avoid confusion
+# with GKI boot images.
+PRODUCT_DEBUG_RAMDISK_BOOT_IMAGE_NAME := boot-with-debug-ramdisk