diff --git a/pvmfw/Android.bp b/pvmfw/Android.bp
index f8cd711..c9e8c73 100644
--- a/pvmfw/Android.bp
+++ b/pvmfw/Android.bp
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
         "image.ld",
         ":vmbase_sections",
     ],
+    // `installable: false` is inherited from vmbase_elf_defaults, and that
+    // hides this module from Make, which makes it impossible for the Make world
+    // to place the unstripped binary to the symbols directory. Marking back as
+    // installable exposes this module to the Make world again. Note that this
+    // module (pvmfw) still is NOT installed to any of the filesystem images. It
+    // is fed into pvmfw_bin and then into pvmfw_img to become a standalone
+    // partition image. This is just to package the unstripped file into the
+    // symbols zip file for debugging purpose.
+    installable: true,
 }
 
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