diff --git a/Makefile.ctr b/Makefile.ctr
index 88315eeefe..f082b28c79 100644
--- a/Makefile.ctr
+++ b/Makefile.ctr
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BUILD_3DS               = 0
 BUILD_CIA               = 1
 LIBCTRU_NO_DEPRECATION  = 1
 USE_CTRULIB_2          ?= 0
+LOAD_WITHOUT_CORE_INFO ?= 0
 
 APP_TITLE            = RetroArch 3DS
 APP_DESCRIPTION      = RetroArch 3DS
@@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(DEVKITPRO)),)
 	$(error "Please set DEVKITPRO in your environment. export DEVKITPRO=<path to>devkitpro")
 endif
+ifeq ($(strip $(DEVKITARM)),)
+	$(error "Please set DEVKITARM in your environment. export DEVKITARM=<path to>devkitarm")
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(CTRULIB)),)
 	CTRULIB = $(DEVKITPRO)/libctru
@@ -115,6 +119,10 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(USE_CTRULIB_2)),1)
 	CFLAGS += -DUSE_CTRULIB_2
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(LOAD_WITHOUT_CORE_INFO),1)
+	CFLAGS += -DLOAD_WITHOUT_CORE_INFO
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(strip $(DEVKITTOOLS)),)
 	ifeq ($(strip $(USE_CTRULIB_2)),1)
 		DEVKITTOOLS = $(DEVKITPRO)/tools
diff --git a/Makefile.psp1 b/Makefile.psp1
index 8285407357..e9b0bdf0a0 100644
--- a/Makefile.psp1
+++ b/Makefile.psp1
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-BUILD_PRX          = 0
-PSP_LARGE_MEMORY   = 1
-DEBUG              = 0
-HAVE_KERNEL_PRX    = 1
-HAVE_THREADS       = 1
-BIG_STACK          = 0
-WHOLE_ARCHIVE_LINK = 0
+BUILD_PRX              ?= 0
+PSP_LARGE_MEMORY       ?= 1
+DEBUG                  ?= 0
+HAVE_KERNEL_PRX        ?= 1
+HAVE_THREADS           ?= 1
+BIG_STACK              ?= 0
+WHOLE_ARCHIVE_LINK     ?= 0
+LOAD_WITHOUT_CORE_INFO ?= 0
 
 TARGET = retroarchpsp
 
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ ifeq ($(BIG_STACK), 1)
 CFLAGS += -DBIG_STACK
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(LOAD_WITHOUT_CORE_INFO),1)
+RARCH_DEFINES += -DLOAD_WITHOUT_CORE_INFO
+endif
+
 CFLAGS += $(RARCH_DEFINES)
 
 EXTRA_TARGETS = EBOOT.PBP