diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/vulkan/vulkan-validation-layers_1.4.321.0.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/vulkan/vulkan-validation-layers_1.4.321.0.bb
index fa7873b62d..466e757a90 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/vulkan/vulkan-validation-layers_1.4.321.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/vulkan/vulkan-validation-layers_1.4.321.0.bb
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = "\
     -DSPIRV_HEADERS_INSTALL_DIR=${STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR} \
     "
 
+CXXFLAGS:append = " ${@oe.utils.vartrue('DEBUG_BUILD', '-DXXH_NO_INLINE_HINTS=1', '', d)}"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG[x11] = "-DBUILD_WSI_XLIB_SUPPORT=ON -DBUILD_WSI_XCB_SUPPORT=ON, -DBUILD_WSI_XLIB_SUPPORT=OFF -DBUILD_WSI_XCB_SUPPORT=OFF, libxcb libx11 libxrandr"
 PACKAGECONFIG[wayland] = "-DBUILD_WSI_WAYLAND_SUPPORT=ON, -DBUILD_WSI_WAYLAND_SUPPORT=OFF, wayland"