diff --git a/benchmarking/profilers/perfetto/perfetto.py b/benchmarking/profilers/perfetto/perfetto.py
index f185c803..8b399795 100644
--- a/benchmarking/profilers/perfetto/perfetto.py
+++ b/benchmarking/profilers/perfetto/perfetto.py
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from typing import List
 
-# from platforms.android.android_platform import AndroidPlatform
 from profilers.perfetto.perfetto_config import PerfettoConfig
 from profilers.profiler_base import ProfilerBase
 from profilers.utilities import generate_perf_filename, upload_profiling_reports
 from utils.custom_logger import getLogger
-from utils.utilities import BenchmarkUnsupportedDeviceException
+from utils.utilities import (
+    BenchmarkInvalidBinaryException,
+    BenchmarkUnsupportedDeviceException,
+)
 
 PROCESS_KEY = "perfetto"
 
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ def __init__(
         options=None,
     ):
         self.platform = platform
+        self.cmd = cmd
         self.types = types or ["memory"]
         self.options = options or {}
         self.android_version: int = int(platform.rel_version.split(".")[0])
@@ -162,6 +165,14 @@ def _start(self):
             if not self.user_was_root:
                 self.adb.root()
 
+        if "memory" in self.types:
+            output = self.adb.shell(["file", self.cmd[0]])
+            getLogger().error(f"file {self.cmd[0]} returned '{output}'.")
+            if output and "not stripped" not in output[0]:
+                raise BenchmarkInvalidBinaryException(
+                    f"Cannot run perfetto memory profiling on non-debuggable binary {self.cmd[0]}."
+                )
+
         if "battery" in self.types:
             if self.is_rooted_device:
                 if not self._hasBattery():
diff --git a/benchmarking/utils/utilities.py b/benchmarking/utils/utilities.py
index 794816c7..5f922681 100644
--- a/benchmarking/utils/utilities.py
+++ b/benchmarking/utils/utilities.py
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ class BenchmarkUnsupportedDeviceException(BenchmarkException):
     pass
 
 
+class BenchmarkInvalidBinaryException(BenchmarkException):
+    """Raised where benchmark arguments specify an invalid binary."""
+
+    pass
+
+
 def check_is_json(json_str):
     try:
         json.loads(json_str)