diff --git a/lib/romlib/Makefile b/lib/romlib/Makefile
index 12fdfa8eaa82e25f9869d0d3c4cb6a15bac1f9ef..7a3a51ea045f5ed5725488c8eb2572d4356fecb0 100644
--- a/lib/romlib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/romlib/Makefile
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ else
   Q :=
 endif
 
+LDFLAGS := --gc-sections -O1
 ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
-   CFLAGS  := -g
-   LDFLAGS := -g --gc-sections -O1 -Map=$(MAPFILE)
+   LDFLAGS += -Map=$(MAPFILE)
 endif