diff --git a/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util b/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
index 80cacc5..14e81aa 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
+++ b/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
@@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ def find_path(args, usage):
                                 if fnmatch.fnmatchcase(fullpth, targetpath):
                                     print("%s: %s" % (fn, fullpth))
 
+debug = False
 
 def main():
+    global debug
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(
         usage = '''%prog [options] <command> <arguments>