diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/cell/spu/spu_debug.h b/src/gallium/drivers/cell/spu/spu_debug.h
index bbe5889c4b3..eeec0526558 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/cell/spu/spu_debug.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/cell/spu/spu_debug.h
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 #define DEBUG 1
 
 #if DEBUG
-boolean Debug = FALSE;
-boolean force_fragment_ops_fallback = TRUE;
+extern boolean Debug;
+extern boolean force_fragment_ops_fallback;
 
 /* These debug macros use the unusual construction ", ##__VA_ARGS__"
  * which expands to the expected comma + args if variadic arguments
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/cell/spu/spu_main.c b/src/gallium/drivers/cell/spu/spu_main.c
index ea01728824f..bc94674fe82 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/cell/spu/spu_main.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/cell/spu/spu_main.c
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ struct spu_global spu;
 struct spu_vs_context draw;
 
 
+#if DEBUG
+boolean Debug = FALSE;
+boolean force_fragment_ops_fallback = TRUE;
+#endif
+
+
 /**
  * Buffers containing dynamically generated SPU code:
  */