diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index 346b565..f37999b 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -831,6 +831,10 @@ env['SPP_TARGET_DEPENDENCIES'] = []
 env['SPP_DEPENDENCIES'] = {}
 env['SPP_RECIPES'] = {}
 
+env['OBJSUFFIX'] = f".{env['BUILD_TYPE']}{env['OBJSUFFIX']}"
+if variant:
+    env['OBJSUFFIX'] = f".{variant}{env['OBJSUFFIX']}"
+
 # create the cache dir
 os.makedirs(env['CACHE_DIR'], exist_ok=True)
 cache_gitignore = f'{env["CACHE_DIR"]}/.gitignore'