diff --git a/apps/codecs/libmad/Makefile b/apps/codecs/libmad/Makefile
index 5eaf9f1517..3747197f13 100644
--- a/apps/codecs/libmad/Makefile
+++ b/apps/codecs/libmad/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ifdef APPEXTRA
 endif
 
 # NOTE: FPM_ define has been moved to global.h
-MADOPTS = -DNDEBUG -O2
+MADOPTS = -UDEBUG -DNDEBUG -O2
 CFLAGS = $(GCCOPTS) $(MADOPTS) $(INCLUDES) $(TARGET) $(EXTRA_DEFINES) \
  -DMEM=${MEMORYSIZE} $(PROFILE_OPTS)