diff --git a/closed/OpenJ9.gmk b/closed/OpenJ9.gmk
index a228b0299af..d62a8527ec5 100644
--- a/closed/OpenJ9.gmk
+++ b/closed/OpenJ9.gmk
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ stage-j9 :
 OPENJ9_VERSION_VARS := \
 	COMPANY_NAME \
 	COMPILER_VERSION_STRING \
+	DEBUG_LEVEL \
 	J9JDK_EXT_NAME \
 	J9JDK_EXT_VERSION \
 	OPENJ9_TAG \
diff --git a/closed/openj9_version_info.h.in b/closed/openj9_version_info.h.in
index 8ef9b786070..20aa0e81e9f 100644
--- a/closed/openj9_version_info.h.in
+++ b/closed/openj9_version_info.h.in
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * ===========================================================================
- * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2022 All Rights Reserved
+ * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2024 All Rights Reserved
  * ===========================================================================
- *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
@@ -39,4 +38,6 @@
 #define J9JDK_EXT_NAME            "@J9JDK_EXT_NAME@"
 #define JAVA_VENDOR               "@COMPANY_NAME@"
 
+#define JDK_DEBUG_LEVEL           "@DEBUG_LEVEL@"
+
 #endif /* OPENJ9_VERSION_INFO_H */