diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index ebde4184a..304112c09 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ All e2e resources (host operator, member operator, registration-service, CRDs, e
 
 * `make dev-deploy-e2e-local` - deploys the same resources as `make test-e2e-local` in dev environment but doesn't run tests.
 
+* `make dev-deploy-e2e-local-debug` - deploys the same resources as `make test-e2e-local` in the local OpenShift
+instance, but builds the services and the operators without any code optimizations. It also ships Delve in the images,
+and launches those services with it, which leaves the debugger listening on port `50000`. Then, you can simply `oc
+port-forward ${POD} 50000:50000` and connect to them with your favorite IDE. The services that are built like that are:
+** The registration service.
+** The host operator controller manager.
+** The member operator controller manager.
+
 * `make dev-deploy-e2e` - deploys the same resources as `make test-e2e` in dev environment but doesn't run tests.
 
 * `make deploy-single-member-e2e-latest` - deploys the same resources (using the latest and greatest images of Toolchain operators) as `make test-e2e` but with only one member and doesn't run tests.
diff --git a/make/dev.mk b/make/dev.mk
index a9b4f5673..af6fe5d6f 100644
--- a/make/dev.mk
+++ b/make/dev.mk
@@ -39,6 +39,51 @@ setup-dev-sso:
 .PHONY: dev-deploy-e2e-local
 dev-deploy-e2e-local: deploy-e2e-local-to-dev-namespaces print-reg-service-link
 
+# Builds the services' and operators' images with the debugger in it, so that
+# then an IDE can be connected to them. Since the targets down the line use
+# the default namespaces, we can use them to patch the required CRs in order
+# to launch the binaries with Delve.
+.ONESHELL:
+.PHONY: dev-deploy-e2e-local-debug
+dev-deploy-e2e-local-debug: export DEBUG_MODE=true
+dev-deploy-e2e-local-debug:
+	$(MAKE) dev-deploy-e2e-local
+
+	# Get the CSVs for the host and member operators, in order to be able to
+	# patch them.
+	HOST_CSV_NAME=$$(oc get --namespace="${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" --output name ClusterServiceVersion)
+	MEMBER_CSV_NAME=$$(oc get --namespace="${DEFAULT_MEMBER_NS}" --output name ClusterServiceVersion)
+
+	# Patch the host operator indicating which command the registration
+	# service should be run with. The command simply adds an environment
+	# variable to the operator which then makes sure that the registration
+	# service is run with Delve, in case the user wants to connect to it.
+	if ! oc get "${HOST_CSV_NAME}" --output jsonpath="{.spec.install.spec.deployments[0].spec.template.spec.containers[1].env}" | grep -q "REGISTRATION_SERVICE_COMMAND"; then \
+		oc patch --namespace="${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" "$${HOST_CSV_NAME}" --type='json' --patch='[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/template/spec/containers/1/env/-", "value": {"name": "REGISTRATION_SERVICE_COMMAND", "value": "[\"dlv\", \"--listen=:50000\", \"--headless\", \"--continue\", \"--api-version=2\", \"--accept-multiclient\", \"exec\", \"/usr/local/bin/registration-service\"]"}}]'
+
+		# Wait for the registration service's command to have the "dlv" bit, and the rollout for its deployment to be
+		# complete.
+		@echo "Waiting for the registration service's deployment to get updated..."
+		oc wait --namespace="${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" --timeout=3m --for=jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].command[0]}'="dlv" "deployment/registration-service"
+		oc rollout status --namespace="${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" --timeout=3m deployment/registration-service
+	fi
+
+	# Reduce the registration service's replicas to 1, in order to facilitate
+	# the port forwarding and debugging of the service.
+	oc patch --namespace="${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" ToolchainConfig config --type='merge' --patch='{"spec":{"host":{"registrationService":{"replicas":1}}}}'
+	@echo "Waiting for the registration service to get scaled to 1 replicas..."
+	oc wait --namespace="${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" --timeout=3m --for=jsonpath='{.spec.replicas}'="1" "deployment/registration-service"
+
+	# Patch the host-operator and member-operator CSVs to make them run with
+	# Delve.
+	oc patch --namespace="${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" "$${HOST_CSV_NAME}" --type='json' --patch='[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/template/spec/containers/1/args", "value": []}, {"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/template/spec/containers/1/command", "value": ["dlv", "--listen=:50000", "--headless", "--continue", "--api-version=2", "--accept-multiclient", "exec", "/usr/local/bin/host-operator", "--", "--health-probe-bind-address=:8081", "--metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:8080", "--leader-elect"]}]'
+	@echo "Waiting for the host operator to be ready..."
+	oc wait --namespace "${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" "$${HOST_CSV_NAME}" --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Succeeded --timeout=300s
+
+	oc patch --namespace="${DEFAULT_MEMBER_NS}" "$${MEMBER_CSV_NAME}" --type='json' --patch='[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/template/spec/containers/0/args", "value": []}, {"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command", "value": ["dlv", "--listen=:50000", "--headless", "--continue", "--api-version=2", "--accept-multiclient", "exec", "/usr/local/bin/member-operator", "--", "--health-probe-bind-address=:8081", "--metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:8080", "--leader-elect"]}]'
+	@echo "Waiting for the member operator to be ready..."
+	oc wait --namespace "${DEFAULT_HOST_NS}" "$${HOST_CSV_NAME}" --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Succeeded --timeout=300s
+
 .PHONY: dev-deploy-e2e-local-two-members
 dev-deploy-e2e-local-two-members: deploy-e2e-local-to-dev-namespaces-two-members print-reg-service-link
 
diff --git a/make/test.mk b/make/test.mk
index c1653eb55..c2b90b024 100644
--- a/make/test.mk
+++ b/make/test.mk
@@ -331,6 +331,11 @@ ifneq (${FORCED_TAG},"")
 		$(eval FORCED_TAG_PARAM = -ft ${FORCED_TAG})
     endif
 endif
+ifneq (${DEBUG_MODE},"")
+    ifneq (${DEBUG_MODE},)
+		$(eval DEBUG_MODE_PARAM = -dm ${DEBUG_MODE})
+    endif
+endif
 ifeq ($(DEPLOY_LATEST),true)
 	@echo "Installing latest version of the member-operator in namespace ${MEMBER_NS}"
 	${KSCTL_BIN_DIR}ksctl adm install-operator member --kubeconfig "$(or ${KUBECONFIG}, ${HOME}/.kube/config)" --namespace ${MEMBER_NS} ${KSCTL_INSTALL_TIMEOUT_PARAM} -y
@@ -340,7 +345,7 @@ ifeq ($(DEPLOY_LATEST),true)
    endif
 else
 	@echo "Installing specific version of the member-operator"
-	scripts/ci/manage-member-operator.sh -po ${PUBLISH_OPERATOR} -io ${INSTALL_OPERATOR} -mn ${MEMBER_NS} ${MEMBER_REPO_PATH_PARAM} -qn ${QUAY_NAMESPACE} -ds ${DATE_SUFFIX} ${MEMBER_NS_2_PARAM} ${FORCED_TAG_PARAM}
+	scripts/ci/manage-member-operator.sh -po ${PUBLISH_OPERATOR} -io ${INSTALL_OPERATOR} -mn ${MEMBER_NS} ${MEMBER_REPO_PATH_PARAM} -qn ${QUAY_NAMESPACE} -ds ${DATE_SUFFIX} ${MEMBER_NS_2_PARAM} ${FORCED_TAG_PARAM} ${DEBUG_MODE_PARAM}
 endif
 
 .PHONY: get-and-publish-host-operator
@@ -360,12 +365,17 @@ ifneq (${FORCED_TAG},"")
 		$(eval FORCED_TAG_PARAM = -ft ${FORCED_TAG})
     endif
 endif
+ifneq (${DEBUG_MODE},"")
+    ifneq (${DEBUG_MODE},)
+		$(eval DEBUG_MODE_PARAM = -dm ${DEBUG_MODE})
+    endif
+endif
 ifeq ($(DEPLOY_LATEST),true)
 	@echo "Installing latest version of the host-operator"
 	${KSCTL_BIN_DIR}ksctl adm install-operator host --kubeconfig "$(or ${KUBECONFIG}, ${HOME}/.kube/config)" --namespace ${HOST_NS} ${KSCTL_INSTALL_TIMEOUT_PARAM} -y
 else
 	@echo "Installing specific version of the host-operator"
-	scripts/ci/manage-host-operator.sh -po ${PUBLISH_OPERATOR} -io ${INSTALL_OPERATOR} -hn ${HOST_NS} ${HOST_REPO_PATH_PARAM} -ds ${DATE_SUFFIX} -qn ${QUAY_NAMESPACE} ${REG_REPO_PATH_PARAM} ${FORCED_TAG_PARAM}
+	scripts/ci/manage-host-operator.sh -po ${PUBLISH_OPERATOR} -io ${INSTALL_OPERATOR} -hn ${HOST_NS} ${HOST_REPO_PATH_PARAM} -ds ${DATE_SUFFIX} -qn ${QUAY_NAMESPACE} ${REG_REPO_PATH_PARAM} ${FORCED_TAG_PARAM} ${DEBUG_MODE_PARAM}
 endif
 
 ###########################################################
diff --git a/scripts/ci/manage-host-operator.sh b/scripts/ci/manage-host-operator.sh
index 8918356c5..c18ab3462 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/manage-host-operator.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/manage-host-operator.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ user_help () {
     echo "-rr, --reg-repo-path     Path to the registation service repo"
     echo "-ds, --date-suffix       Date suffix to be added to some resources that are created"
     echo "-ft, --forced-tag        Forces a tag to be set to all built images. In the case deployment the tag is used for index image in the created CatalogSource"
+    echo "-dm, --debug-mode        Builds and pushes the operator to quay, including a Delve debugger to be able to launch the operator with it"
     echo "-h,  --help              To show this help text"
     echo ""
     exit 0
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ read_arguments() {
                     FORCED_TAG=$1
                     shift
                     ;;
+                -dm|--debug-mode)
+                    shift
+                    DEBUG_MODE=$1
+                    shift
+                    ;;
                 *)
                    echo "$1 is not a recognized flag!" >> /dev/stderr
                    user_help
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ if [[ -n "${CI}${REG_REPO_PATH}${HOST_REPO_PATH}" ]] && [[ $(echo ${REPO_NAME} |
     set_tags
 
     if [[ ${PUBLISH_OPERATOR} == "true" ]]; then
-        push_image
+        push_image "${DEBUG_MODE}"
         REG_SERV_IMAGE_LOC=${IMAGE_LOC}
         REG_REPO_PATH=${REPOSITORY_PATH}
     fi
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@ if [[ -n "${CI}${REG_REPO_PATH}${HOST_REPO_PATH}" ]] && [[ $(echo ${REPO_NAME} |
     set_tags
 
     if [[ ${PUBLISH_OPERATOR} == "true" ]]; then
-        push_image
+        push_image "${DEBUG_MODE}"
         OPERATOR_IMAGE_LOC=${IMAGE_LOC}
         make -C ${REPOSITORY_PATH} publish-current-bundle INDEX_IMAGE_TAG=${BUNDLE_AND_INDEX_TAG} BUNDLE_TAG=${BUNDLE_AND_INDEX_TAG} QUAY_NAMESPACE=${QUAY_NAMESPACE} OTHER_REPO_PATH=${REG_REPO_PATH} OTHER_REPO_IMAGE_LOC=${REG_SERV_IMAGE_LOC} IMAGE=${OPERATOR_IMAGE_LOC}
     fi
diff --git a/scripts/ci/manage-member-operator.sh b/scripts/ci/manage-member-operator.sh
index 51584903f..b678775fe 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/manage-member-operator.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/manage-member-operator.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ user_help () {
     echo "-mr, --member-repo-path   Path to the member operator repo"
     echo "-ds, --date-suffix        Date suffix to be added to some resources that are created"
     echo "-ft, --forced-tag         Forces a tag to be set to all built images. In the case deployment the tag is used for index image in the created CatalogSource"
+    echo "-dm, --debug-mode         Builds and pushes the operator to quay, including a Delve debugger to be able to launch the operator with it"
     echo "-h,  --help               To show this help text"
     echo ""
     exit 0
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ read_arguments() {
                     FORCED_TAG=$1
                     shift
                     ;;
+                -dm|--debug-mode)
+                    shift
+                    DEBUG_MODE=$1
+                    shift
+                    ;;
                 *)
                    echo "$1 is not a recognized flag!" >> /dev/stderr
                    user_help
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ if [[ -n "${CI}${MEMBER_REPO_PATH}" ]] && [[ $(echo ${REPO_NAME} | sed 's/"//g')
     set_tags
 
     if [[ ${PUBLISH_OPERATOR} == "true" ]]; then
-        push_image
+        push_image "${DEBUG_MODE}"
 
         OPERATOR_IMAGE_LOC=${IMAGE_LOC}
         make -C ${REPOSITORY_PATH} publish-current-bundle INDEX_IMAGE_TAG=${BUNDLE_AND_INDEX_TAG} BUNDLE_TAG=${BUNDLE_AND_INDEX_TAG} QUAY_NAMESPACE=${QUAY_NAMESPACE} IMAGE=${OPERATOR_IMAGE_LOC}
diff --git a/scripts/ci/manage-operator.sh b/scripts/ci/manage-operator.sh
index cb64a69f4..926c4ce3f 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/manage-operator.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/manage-operator.sh
@@ -45,11 +45,21 @@ set_tags() {
 }
 
 push_image() {
+    # When the "${DEBUG_MODE}" argument is passed, we instruct Make to push
+    # the "debug" images with Delve on them.
+    if [[ $1 == "true" ]]; then
+      DEBUG_MODE_SUFFIX="-debug"
+    else
+      DEBUG_MODE_SUFFIX=""
+    fi
+
+    # Set a default image builder in case none has been specified.
+    IMAGE_BUILDER="${IMAGE_BUILDER:-podman}"
+
     GIT_COMMIT_ID=$(git --git-dir=${REPOSITORY_PATH}/.git --work-tree=${REPOSITORY_PATH} rev-parse --short HEAD)
     IMAGE_LOC=quay.io/codeready-toolchain/${REPOSITORY_NAME}:${GIT_COMMIT_ID}
     if is_provided_or_paired; then
-        IMAGE_BUILDER=${IMAGE_BUILDER:-"podman"}
-        make -C ${REPOSITORY_PATH} ${IMAGE_BUILDER}-push QUAY_NAMESPACE=${QUAY_NAMESPACE} IMAGE_TAG=${TAGS}
+        make -C ${REPOSITORY_PATH} ${IMAGE_BUILDER}-push${DEBUG_MODE_SUFFIX} QUAY_NAMESPACE=${QUAY_NAMESPACE} IMAGE_TAG=${TAGS}
         IMAGE_LOC=quay.io/${QUAY_NAMESPACE}/${REPOSITORY_NAME}:${TAGS}
     fi
 }