diff --git a/data-ipa-cfg-mgr/ipanat/src/Android.mk b/data-ipa-cfg-mgr/ipanat/src/Android.mk
index af12674d..ff9e7580 100644
--- a/data-ipa-cfg-mgr/ipanat/src/Android.mk
+++ b/data-ipa-cfg-mgr/ipanat/src/Android.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDE_DIRS := $(LOCAL_PATH)/../inc
 LOCAL_VENDOR_MODULE := true
 LOCAL_MODULE_PATH_64 := $(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR)/lib64
 LOCAL_MODULE_PATH_32 := $(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR)/lib
-LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DDEBUG -Wall -Werror
+ifneq (,$(filter eng, $(TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT)))
+LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DDEBUG
+endif
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DFEATURE_IPA_ANDROID
 LOCAL_MODULE := libipanat
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional