diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
index e47645205fa..2abe695be4e 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
@@ -743,18 +743,20 @@ else
 DEFS += -DUSE_QTDEBUG=0
 endif
 
-DEBUGOBJS += \
-	$(OSDOBJ)/modules/debugger/none.o \
-	$(OSDOBJ)/modules/debugger/debugint.o \
-	$(OSDOBJ)/modules/debugger/debugwin.o \
-	$(OSDOBJ)/modules/debugger/debugqt.o \
-
 ifeq ($(NO_DEBUGGER),1)
 DEFS += -DNO_DEBUGGER
 else
 OSDOBJS += $(DEBUGOBJS)
 endif # NO_DEBUGGER
 
+# Always add these
+OSDOBJS += \
+	$(OSDOBJ)/modules/debugger/none.o \
+	$(OSDOBJ)/modules/debugger/debugint.o \
+	$(OSDOBJ)/modules/debugger/debugwin.o \
+	$(OSDOBJ)/modules/debugger/debugqt.o \
+
+
 #-------------------------------------------------
 # OPENGL
 #-------------------------------------------------