diff --git a/Makefile.switch b/Makefile.switch
index 24a202ad19..db887842c5 100644
--- a/Makefile.switch
+++ b/Makefile.switch
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ WHOLE_ARCHIVE_LINK      = 0
 
 OBJ :=
 
-DEFINES := -DSWITCH=1 -U__linux__ -U__linux -DRARCH_INTERNAL
+DEFINES := -DSWITCH=1 -U__linux__ -U__linux -DRARCH_INTERNAL -DHAVE_DYNAMIC
 
 ifeq ($(GRIFFIN_BUILD), 1)
 	OBJ += griffin/griffin.o
 	DEFINES += -DHAVE_GRIFFIN=1 -DHAVE_NEON -DHAVE_MATERIALUI -DHAVE_LIBRETRODB -DHAVE_CC_RESAMPLER
 	DEFINES += -DHAVE_ZLIB -DHAVE_RPNG -DHAVE_RJPEG -DHAVE_RBMP -DHAVE_RTGA -DWANT_ZLIB
-	DEFINES += -DHAVE_RUNAHEAD
+	DEFINES += -DHAVE_RUNAHEAD -DHAVE_DYNAMIC
 else
 	HAVE_CC_RESAMPLER = 1
 	HAVE_MENU_COMMON = 1
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ else
 	HAVE_STATIC_AUDIO_FILTERS = 1
 	HAVE_MENU = 1
 	HAVE_RUNAHEAD = 1
+	HAVE_DYNAMIC = 1
 
 	include Makefile.common
         BLACKLIST :=
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_driver.c b/frontend/frontend_driver.c
index 8799a17375..a228d10037 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_driver.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend_driver.c
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ bool frontend_driver_get_core_extension(char *s, size_t len)
 #elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__MACH__)
    strlcpy(s, "dylib", len);
    return true;
+#elif defined(__SWITCH__)
+   strlcpy(s, "nro", len);
+   return true;
 #else
    strlcpy(s, "so", len);
    return true;