diff --git a/gobject/ChangeLog b/gobject/ChangeLog
index 7be5398e1..22c23d24c 100644
--- a/gobject/ChangeLog
+++ b/gobject/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-01-03  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+	* gobject.c:
+	Move glib_debug_objects out of the G_ENABLE_DEBUG #ifdef.
+
 Thu Dec 28 11:36:44 2000  Tim Janik  <timj@gtk.org>
 
 	* gbsearcharray.c (upper_power2): disable G_BSEARCH_ALIGN_POWER2
diff --git a/gobject/gobject.c b/gobject/gobject.c
index d273552d5..f4b82338f 100644
--- a/gobject/gobject.c
+++ b/gobject/gobject.c
@@ -133,13 +133,14 @@ static gulong	         gobject_signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0, };
 
 
 /* --- functions --- */
-#ifdef	G_ENABLE_DEBUG
 /* We need an actual method for handling debug keys in GLib.
  * For now, we'll simply use, as a method
  * 'extern gboolean glib_debug_objects'
  */
-static volatile GObject *glib_trap_object_ref = NULL;
 gboolean glib_debug_objects = FALSE;
+
+#ifdef	G_ENABLE_DEBUG
+static volatile GObject *glib_trap_object_ref = NULL;
 static guint		  debug_objects_count = 0;
 static GHashTable	 *debug_objects_ht = NULL;
 static void