diff --git a/apu/bapu/dsp/blargg_config.h b/apu/bapu/dsp/blargg_config.h
index d85d2663..2f48dbfc 100644
--- a/apu/bapu/dsp/blargg_config.h
+++ b/apu/bapu/dsp/blargg_config.h
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 #define BLARGG_CONFIG_H
 
 // Uncomment to disable debugging checks
+#ifndef DEBUGGER
 #define NDEBUG 1
+#endif
 
 // Uncomment to enable platform-specific (and possibly non-portable) optimizations
 //#define BLARGG_NONPORTABLE 1