diff --git a/libraries/BridJ/src/main/java/org/bridj/Platform.java b/libraries/BridJ/src/main/java/org/bridj/Platform.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1304d34ba..d1ef5db2f
--- a/libraries/BridJ/src/main/java/org/bridj/Platform.java
+++ b/libraries/BridJ/src/main/java/org/bridj/Platform.java
@@ -32,18 +32,15 @@
 
 import org.bridj.util.ProcessUtils;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -661,47 +658,92 @@ public void run() {
     }
     static final long DELETE_OLD_BINARIES_AFTER_MILLIS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 24 hours
 
-    static File extractEmbeddedLibraryResource(String name) throws IOException {
-        String firstLibraryResource = null;
+    /**
+     * Extracts a single embedded file from the a JAR, to the {@link #extractedLibrariesTempDir} directory.
+     * <p>
+     * If the embedded library resource cannot be located, null is returned.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param libraryResource Path of the file in the jar to extract.
+     * @return If successful, the extracted File reference, otherwise null.
+     */
+    static File extractEmbeddedResource(String libraryResource) throws IOException {
+        InputStream in = getResourceAsStream(libraryResource);
+        if (in == null) {
+            File f = new File(libraryResource);
+            if (!f.exists()) {
+                f = new File(f.getName());
+            }
+            if (f.exists()) {
+                return f.getCanonicalFile();
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+        int len;
+        byte[] b = new byte[8196];
+        String fileName = new File(libraryResource).getName();
+        File libFile = new File(extractedLibrariesTempDir, fileName);
+        OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(libFile));
+        while ((len = in.read(b)) > 0) {
+            out.write(b, 0, len);
+        }
+        out.close();
+        in.close();
+
+        addTemporaryExtractedLibraryFileToDeleteOnExit(libFile);
+        addTemporaryExtractedLibraryFileToDeleteOnExit(libFile.getParentFile());
 
-	List<String> libraryResources = getEmbeddedLibraryResource(name);
-	if (BridJ.veryVerbose) {
-	    BridJ.info("Library resources for " + name + ": " + libraryResources);
+        return libFile;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts a single library from the classpath JARs to {@link #extractedLibrariesTempDir}.
+     * <p>
+     * Tries to extract the library based on the possible paths generated by {@link #getEmbeddedLibraryResource}.
+     * Additionally, if available, accompanying debug symbol files are extracted into the same folder.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     * If no matching library was found and extracted, null is returned.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param name Name of the library to extract (without extension).
+     * @return If found, a File reference to the extracted library, otherwise null.
+     */
+    static File extractEmbeddedLibraryResource(String name) throws IOException {
+        List<String> libraryResources = getEmbeddedLibraryResource(name);
+        if (BridJ.veryVerbose) {
+            BridJ.info("Library resources for " + name + ": " + libraryResources);
         }               
         for (String libraryResource : libraryResources) {
-            if (firstLibraryResource == null) {
-                firstLibraryResource = libraryResource;
-            }
-            int i = libraryResource.lastIndexOf('.');
-            int len;
-            byte[] b = new byte[8196];
-            InputStream in = getResourceAsStream(libraryResource);
-            if (in == null) {
-                File f = new File(libraryResource);
-                if (!f.exists()) {
-                    f = new File(f.getName());
-                }
-                if (f.exists()) {
-                    return f.getCanonicalFile();
+            // Try to extract the library resource
+            File libFile = extractEmbeddedResource(libraryResource);
+            // If successful, try to extract accompanying debug symbol files
+            if (libFile != null) {
+                // The library file without its shared library extension
+                String basePath = libraryResource.substring(0, libraryResource.lastIndexOf('.'));
+
+                if ( isWindows() ) {
+                    // MSVC  debug symbol file, eg: foo.pdb
+                    extractEmbeddedResource(basePath + ".pdb");
+                } else if ( isMacOSX() ) {
+                    // Apple debug symbol file, eg: foo.dylib.dSYM
+                    extractEmbeddedResource(libraryResource + ".dSYM");
+                    // Apple debug symbol file, eg: foo.dSYM
+                    extractEmbeddedResource(basePath + ".dSYM");
+                } else {
+                    // GCC   debug symbol file, eg: foo.so.debug
+                    extractEmbeddedResource(libraryResource + ".debug");
+                    // GCC   debug symbol file, eg: foo.debug
+                    extractEmbeddedResource(basePath + ".debug");
                 }
-                continue;
-            }
-            String fileName = new File(libraryResource).getName();
-            File libFile = new File(extractedLibrariesTempDir, fileName);
-            OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(libFile));
-            while ((len = in.read(b)) > 0) {
-                out.write(b, 0, len);
-            }
-            out.close();
-            in.close();
 
-            addTemporaryExtractedLibraryFileToDeleteOnExit(libFile);
-            addTemporaryExtractedLibraryFileToDeleteOnExit(libFile.getParentFile());
-
-            return libFile;
+                return libFile;
+            }
         }
         return null;
     }
+
     static final int maxTempFileAttempts = 20;
 
     static File createTempDir(String prefix) throws IOException {