diff --git a/gns3server/handlers/api/controller/server_handler.py b/gns3server/handlers/api/controller/server_handler.py
index 965eae70..14b0c566 100644
--- a/gns3server/handlers/api/controller/server_handler.py
+++ b/gns3server/handlers/api/controller/server_handler.py
@@ -120,12 +120,16 @@ class ServerHandler:
 
     @Route.post(
         r"/debug",
-        description="Dump debug informations to disk (debug directory in config directory)",
+        description="Dump debug informations to disk (debug directory in config directory). Work only for local server",
         status_codes={
             201: "Writed"
         })
     def debug(request, response):
+
         config = Config.instance()
+        if config.get_section_config("Server").getboolean("local", False) is False:
+            raise HTTPForbidden(text="You can only debug a local server")
+
         debug_dir = os.path.join(config.config_dir, "debug")
         try:
             if os.path.exists(debug_dir):
diff --git a/tests/handlers/api/controller/test_server.py b/tests/handlers/api/controller/test_server.py
index ce0a0657..b4f10bc4 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/api/controller/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/api/controller/test_server.py
@@ -56,8 +56,17 @@ def test_shutdown_non_local(http_controller, web_server, config):
 def test_debug(http_controller, config, tmpdir):
     config._main_config_file = str(tmpdir / "test.conf")
 
+    config.set("Server", "local", True)
     response = http_controller.post('/debug')
     assert response.status == 201
     debug_dir = os.path.join(config.config_dir, "debug")
     assert os.path.exists(debug_dir)
     assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(debug_dir, "controller.txt"))
+
+
+def test_debug_non_local(http_controller, config, tmpdir):
+    config._main_config_file = str(tmpdir / "test.conf")
+
+    config.set("Server", "local", False)
+    response = http_controller.post('/debug')
+    assert response.status == 403