diff --git a/src/Makefile_obj.in b/src/Makefile_obj.in
index 8b058c7b0..b686d5775 100644
--- a/src/Makefile_obj.in
+++ b/src/Makefile_obj.in
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ LIBS = $(CFG_LIBS) -lm
 
 CPPFLAGS += -MMD
 CPPFLAGS += -I. -I$(bldsrc) -I$(srcdir) -I$(incdir) -I../../include
-CPPFLAGS += -DYYDEBUG 	# Required to get nice error messages
 #CPPFLAGS += -DVL_LEAK_CHECKS 	# If running valgrind or other hunting tool
 CPPFLAGS += $(COPT)
 CPPFLAGS += -MP # Only works on recent GCC versions
diff --git a/src/V3ParseGrammar.cpp b/src/V3ParseGrammar.cpp
index 329631792..e49b8f5d8 100644
--- a/src/V3ParseGrammar.cpp
+++ b/src/V3ParseGrammar.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 //
 //*************************************************************************
 
+#define YYDEBUG 1  // Nicer errors
+
 #include "V3Ast.h"  // This must be before V3ParseBison.cpp, as we don't want #defines to conflict
 
 //======================================================================