diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 0e32b6cab6e6..809b1a0fee7f 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -315,6 +315,14 @@ typedef u32 acpi_physical_address;
 #define ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(symbol)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Compiler/Clibrary-dependent debug initialization. Used for ACPICA
+ * utilities only.
+ */
+#ifndef ACPI_DEBUG_INITIALIZE
+#define ACPI_DEBUG_INITIALIZE()
+#endif
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * Configuration
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h b/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h
index 9b3966c35b33..974d3ef7c141 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h
@@ -96,10 +96,11 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- * acpi_bin/acpi_help/acpi_src configuration. All single threaded, with
- * no debug output.
+ * acpi_bin/acpi_dump/acpi_src/acpi_xtract configuration. All single
+ * threaded, with no debug output.
  */
 #if (defined ACPI_BIN_APP)   || \
+	(defined ACPI_DUMP_APP)  || \
 	(defined ACPI_SRC_APP)   || \
 	(defined ACPI_XTRACT_APP)
 #define ACPI_APPLICATION