diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 88bbd8dabe..12dfb07cf8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ stylus_test_hostio-test_src       = $(call get_stylus_test_rust,hostio-test)
 stylus_test_wasms = $(stylus_test_keccak_wasm) $(stylus_test_keccak-100_wasm) $(stylus_test_fallible_wasm) $(stylus_test_storage_wasm) $(stylus_test_multicall_wasm) $(stylus_test_log_wasm) $(stylus_test_create_wasm) $(stylus_test_math_wasm) $(stylus_test_sdk-storage_wasm) $(stylus_test_erc20_wasm) $(stylus_test_read-return-data_wasm) $(stylus_test_evm-data_wasm) $(stylus_test_hostio-test_wasm) $(stylus_test_bfs:.b=.wasm)
 stylus_benchmarks = $(wildcard $(stylus_dir)/*.toml $(stylus_dir)/src/*.rs) $(stylus_test_wasms)
 
+CBROTLI_WASM_BUILD_ARGS ?=-d
+
 # user targets
 
 .PHONY: push
@@ -579,9 +581,9 @@ contracts/test/prover/proofs/%.json: $(arbitrator_cases)/%.wasm $(prover_bin)
 	@touch $@
 
 .make/cbrotli-wasm: $(DEP_PREDICATE) $(ORDER_ONLY_PREDICATE) .make
-	test -f target/lib-wasm/libbrotlicommon-static.a || ./scripts/build-brotli.sh -w -d
-	test -f target/lib-wasm/libbrotlienc-static.a || ./scripts/build-brotli.sh -w -d
-	test -f target/lib-wasm/libbrotlidec-static.a || ./scripts/build-brotli.sh -w -d
+	test -f target/lib-wasm/libbrotlicommon-static.a || ./scripts/build-brotli.sh -w $(CBROTLI_WASM_BUILD_ARGS)
+	test -f target/lib-wasm/libbrotlienc-static.a || ./scripts/build-brotli.sh -w $(CBROTLI_WASM_BUILD_ARGS)
+	test -f target/lib-wasm/libbrotlidec-static.a || ./scripts/build-brotli.sh -w $(CBROTLI_WASM_BUILD_ARGS)
 	@touch $@
 
 .make/wasm-lib: $(DEP_PREDICATE) arbitrator/wasm-libraries/soft-float/SoftFloat/build/Wasm-Clang/softfloat.a  $(ORDER_ONLY_PREDICATE) .make