diff --git a/share/yashchiki/styles/asic/create_recipe.sh b/share/yashchiki/styles/asic/create_recipe.sh
index 759361bba2f4255c9e7a3a06c23e6b79bddec950..6dc5e372b5ce97ebdad1417741e17176dc32d42a 100755
--- a/share/yashchiki/styles/asic/create_recipe.sh
+++ b/share/yashchiki/styles/asic/create_recipe.sh
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ From: ${DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE}
     export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_NAME}"
     export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME}"
     export YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE="${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE}"
+    export YASHCHIKI_DEBUG=${YASHCHIKI_DEBUG}
     export CONTAINER_STYLE="${CONTAINER_STYLE}"
     "${SPACK_INSTALL_SCRIPTS}/complete_spack_install_routine_called_in_post_as_root.sh"
     wait
diff --git a/share/yashchiki/styles/visionary/create_recipe.sh b/share/yashchiki/styles/visionary/create_recipe.sh
index 6fa8e3fdd6d34218f2db8e39ffce7fbb2c89ed2c..ec053202569ecad63814783eec2ef4cb51411c51 100755
--- a/share/yashchiki/styles/visionary/create_recipe.sh
+++ b/share/yashchiki/styles/visionary/create_recipe.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ From: ${DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE}
     export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_NAME}"
     export YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME="${YASHCHIKI_BUILD_CACHE_ON_FAILURE_NAME}"
     export YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE="${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_VERBOSE}"
+    export YASHCHIKI_DEBUG=${YASHCHIKI_DEBUG}
     export CONTAINER_STYLE="${CONTAINER_STYLE}"
     # Improve efficiency by installing system packages in the background (even
     # though we set the number of worker to \${YASHCHIKI_JOBS}, often times - e.g. when