diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make b/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make
index 16d3ca9c68f786483fc08488a2fde50707964d97..6befe8a94fb8d54f3a26e0b96dc643187a2e5105 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ $(GENERATEDFILES): refresh_adfiles
 # Note that product files are updated via "mv", which is atomic.
 TEMPDIR := $(OUTDIR)/mktmp$(shell echo $$$$)
 
-# Debuggable by default
-CFLAGS += -g
+ifneq ($(DEBUG_BINARIES), true)
+  # Debuggable by default (unless already done by DEBUG_BINARIES)
+  CFLAGS += -g
+endif
 
 # Pass -D flags into ADLC.
 ADLCFLAGS += $(SYSDEFS)
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
index ff0a3753da4ba263d156bc3fd65ee2c6b12484e2..9231dafde28d1044310f510270f7cafd89b34d85 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
@@ -215,47 +215,46 @@ AOUT_FLAGS += -Xlinker -export-dynamic
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Debug flags
 
-# Use the stabs format for debugging information (this is the default
-# on gcc-2.91). It's good enough, has all the information about line
-# numbers and local variables, and libjvm_g.so is only about 16M.
-# Change this back to "-g" if you want the most expressive format.
-# (warning: that could easily inflate libjvm_g.so to 150M!)
-# Note: The Itanium gcc compiler crashes when using -gstabs.
-DEBUG_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g
-DEBUG_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g
-DEBUG_CFLAGS/arm   = -g
-DEBUG_CFLAGS/ppc   = -g
-DEBUG_CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH))
-ifeq ($(DEBUG_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH)),)
-DEBUG_CFLAGS += -gstabs
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
-  FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g
-  FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g
-  FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/arm   = -g
-  FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/ppc   = -g
-  FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH))
-  ifeq ($(FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH)),)
-    FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS += -gstabs
+# DEBUG_BINARIES uses full -g debug information for all configs
+ifeq ($(DEBUG_BINARIES), true)
+  CFLAGS += -g
+else
+  # Use the stabs format for debugging information (this is the default
+  # on gcc-2.91). It's good enough, has all the information about line
+  # numbers and local variables, and libjvm_g.so is only about 16M.
+  # Change this back to "-g" if you want the most expressive format.
+  # (warning: that could easily inflate libjvm_g.so to 150M!)
+  # Note: The Itanium gcc compiler crashes when using -gstabs.
+  DEBUG_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g
+  DEBUG_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g
+  DEBUG_CFLAGS/arm   = -g
+  DEBUG_CFLAGS/ppc   = -g
+  DEBUG_CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH))
+  ifeq ($(DEBUG_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH)),)
+    DEBUG_CFLAGS += -gstabs
   endif
-
-  OPT_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g
-  OPT_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g
-  OPT_CFLAGS/arm   = -g
-  OPT_CFLAGS/ppc   = -g
-  OPT_CFLAGS += $(OPT_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH))
-  ifeq ($(OPT_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH)),)
-    OPT_CFLAGS += -gstabs
+  
+  ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
+    FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g
+    FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g
+    FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/arm   = -g
+    FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/ppc   = -g
+    FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH))
+    ifeq ($(FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH)),)
+      FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS += -gstabs
+    endif
+  
+    OPT_CFLAGS/ia64  = -g
+    OPT_CFLAGS/amd64 = -g
+    OPT_CFLAGS/arm   = -g
+    OPT_CFLAGS/ppc   = -g
+    OPT_CFLAGS += $(OPT_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH))
+    ifeq ($(OPT_CFLAGS/$(BUILDARCH)),)
+      OPT_CFLAGS += -gstabs
+    endif
   endif
 endif
 
-# DEBUG_BINARIES overrides everything, use full -g debug information
-ifeq ($(DEBUG_BINARIES), true)
-  DEBUG_CFLAGS = -g
-  CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS)
-endif
-
 # If we are building HEADLESS, pass on to VM
 # so it can set the java.awt.headless property
 ifdef HEADLESS