diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers.py b/mesonbuild/compilers.py
index 744d75f8f..8fd43de0e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers.py
@@ -2343,3 +2343,6 @@ class ArLinker():
 
     def unix_compile_flags_to_native(self, args):
         return args[:]
+
+    def get_link_debugfile_args(self, targetfile):
+        return []