diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d6655006..37f434e0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(shader-debugger, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-shader-debugger],
 # Shader debugger depends on python3, intel-genasm and objcopy
 if test "x$BUILD_SHADER_DEBUGGER" != xno; then
 	# Check that the assembler is built
-	if test "$enable_assembler" = xno; then
-		AC_MSG_ERROR([Shader debugger requested, but assembler not build not found.])
-		BUILD_SHADER_DEBUGGER=no
+	if test "x$enable_assembler" = xno; then
+		if test "x$BUILD_SHADER_DEBUGGER" = xyes; then
+			AC_MSG_ERROR([Shader debugger requested, but assembler not enabled.])
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# Check Python 3 is installed
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_SHADER_DEBUGGER, [test "x$BUILD_SHADER_DEBUGGER" != xno])
 AS_IF([test "x$BUILD_SHADER_DEBUGGER" != xno],
       [enable_debugger=yes], [enable_debugger=no])
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_assembler" = xno],
+      [enable_debugger=no], 1)
 
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