diff --git a/util/pl/VC-32.pl b/util/pl/VC-32.pl
index 7bc0e71261efb4c501d07c52c29af95d48bf9983..68865a8cc645d0d3f2ac053b56c801c50dee6c9b 100644
--- a/util/pl/VC-32.pl
+++ b/util/pl/VC-32.pl
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ elsif ($FLAVOR =~ /CE/)
 	$base_cflags.=' /MC';
     }
     $opt_cflags=' /O1i';	# optimize for space, but with intrinsics...
-    $dbg_clfags=' /Od -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG';
+    $dbg_cflags=' /Od -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG';
     $lflags="/nologo /opt:ref $wcelflag";
     }
 else	# Win32