diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 3ebfff7cde..64669145bd 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ if env['CCVERSION'] >= '4.3.0':
 env['CPPDEFINES'] = []
 if env['flavor'] == 'debug':
     env['CPPDEFINES'] += ['_DEBUG']
+				if sys.platform == 'linux2':
+        # FIXME: This disables wx debugging how do we make it work?
+        env['CPPDEFINES'] += ['NDEBUG']
 elif env['flavor'] == 'fastlog':
     env['CPPDEFINES'] += ['DEBUGFAST']
 env['CPPPATH'] = ['#Source/PluginSpecs']