--- a/hotspot/make/aix/makefiles/vm.make	Mon Nov 02 09:11:55 2015 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/make/aix/makefiles/vm.make	Wed Nov 04 11:00:29 2015 -0800
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 		-DVERSION_BUILD=$(VERSION_BUILD)
 VM_VER_DEFS   = -DHOTSPOT_VERSION_STRING="\"$(HOTSPOT_VERSION_STRING)\"" \
 		-DVERSION_STRING="\"$(VERSION_STRING)\""  \
+	        -DDEBUG_LEVEL="\"$(DEBUG_LEVEL)\"" \
 		$(JDK_VER_DEFS)
 HS_LIB_ARCH   = -DHOTSPOT_LIB_ARCH=\"$(LIBARCH)\"
 BUILD_USER    = -DHOTSPOT_BUILD_USER="\"$(HOTSPOT_BUILD_USER)\""