diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 728b9e0c1e..6da0d0c60b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ jobs:
           /home/ohpc/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/*rpm
           /home/ohpc/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/*rpm
           /tmp/empty
+    - name: Debug via SSH
+      if: failure()
+      uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+      timeout-minutes: 60
+      with:
+        limit-access-to-actor: true
     - name: Save ccache
       if: always()
       uses: actions/cache/save@v6
diff --git a/components/compiler-families/gnu-compilers/SPECS/gnu-compilers.spec b/components/compiler-families/gnu-compilers/SPECS/gnu-compilers.spec
index b7f8455d65..6d7a392acb 100644
--- a/components/compiler-families/gnu-compilers/SPECS/gnu-compilers.spec
+++ b/components/compiler-families/gnu-compilers/SPECS/gnu-compilers.spec
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ cd obj
              --prefix=%{install_path} \
              --disable-static \
              --enable-shared
+
 make %{?_smp_mflags}