diff --git a/LVM2/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/dmeventd_lvm.c b/LVM2/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/dmeventd_lvm.c
index cf62751..ccb628a 100644
--- a/LVM2/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/dmeventd_lvm.c
+++ b/LVM2/daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/dmeventd_lvm.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 
-extern int dmeventd_debug;
+extern int dmeventd_debug __attribute__ ((weak));
 
 /*
  * register_device() is called first and performs initialisation.