diff --git a/platform/android/detect.py b/platform/android/detect.py
index 406f10de899..6b0c60fe8b8 100644
--- a/platform/android/detect.py
+++ b/platform/android/detect.py
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ def configure(env):
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-O0"])
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-O0", "-g", "-fno-limit-debug-info"])
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["_DEBUG", "DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(CPPFLAGS=["-UNDEBUG"])
 
     # Compiler configuration
diff --git a/platform/iphone/detect.py b/platform/iphone/detect.py
index 05e24c50039..3c6453ff9bd 100644
--- a/platform/iphone/detect.py
+++ b/platform/iphone/detect.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def configure(env):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-gdwarf-2", "-O0"])
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["_DEBUG", ("DEBUG", 1), "DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
 
     if env["use_lto"]:
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-flto"])
diff --git a/platform/javascript/detect.py b/platform/javascript/detect.py
index 173b558b6d9..9494ab6fa58 100644
--- a/platform/javascript/detect.py
+++ b/platform/javascript/detect.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def configure(env):
             env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["--profiling-funcs"])
     else:  # "debug"
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-O1", "-g"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-O1", "-g"])
         env["use_assertions"] = True
diff --git a/platform/linuxbsd/detect.py b/platform/linuxbsd/detect.py
index 8eb22c1c722..afb7c7b2ab4 100644
--- a/platform/linuxbsd/detect.py
+++ b/platform/linuxbsd/detect.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def configure(env):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["-g3"])
         env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-rdynamic"])
 
     ## Architecture
diff --git a/platform/osx/detect.py b/platform/osx/detect.py
index 6b25daf05d1..10cf2b591ed 100644
--- a/platform/osx/detect.py
+++ b/platform/osx/detect.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def configure(env):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["-g3"])
         env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Prepend(LINKFLAGS=["-Xlinker", "-no_deduplicate"])
 
     ## Architecture
diff --git a/platform/uwp/detect.py b/platform/uwp/detect.py
index 28922a4f59f..f31b43cd498 100644
--- a/platform/uwp/detect.py
+++ b/platform/uwp/detect.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def configure(env):
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["/Zi"])
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["/MDd"])
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE"])
         env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["WINDOWS_SUBSYSTEM_CONSOLE"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["/DEBUG"])
diff --git a/platform/windows/detect.py b/platform/windows/detect.py
index 3961480d239..6f99368e999 100644
--- a/platform/windows/detect.py
+++ b/platform/windows/detect.py
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ def configure_msvc(env, manual_msvc_config):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.AppendUnique(CCFLAGS=["/Zi", "/FS", "/Od", "/EHsc"])
         env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["/DEBUG"])
 
     if env["debug_symbols"]:
@@ -362,6 +363,7 @@ def configure_mingw(env):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-g3"])
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
 
     if env["windows_subsystem"] == "gui":
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-Wl,--subsystem,windows"])