diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/SConscript b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/SConscript
index b74972b204c..26fa793de9d 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/SConscript
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/SConscript
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ if env['OURPLATFORM'] in ('win32-vc', 'win32-mingw', 'linuxcross', 'win64-vc'):
 if env['WITH_BF_INTERNATIONAL']:
     defs.append('WITH_INTERNATIONAL')
 
+if not env['BF_DEBUG']:
+    defs.append('NDEBUG')
+
+
 makesrna_tool.Append(CPPDEFINES=defs)
 
 makesrna_tool.Append (CPPPATH = Split(incs))