diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index c1f8781c79..cea07f1cb5 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -480,6 +480,9 @@ def v8_cmd(bld, variant):
 		, profile
                 )
 
+
+  if sys.platform.startswith("linux"): cmd += ' gdbjit=on '
+
   if sys.platform.startswith("sunos"): cmd += ' toolchain=gcc'