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.