diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bf347fa..d38ecaa 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
       endif
   endif
 
-    if( get_option('bmcweb-logging').enabled() and \
+    if( get_option('bmcweb-logging').enabled() or \
         get_option('buildtype').startswith('debug'))
      add_project_arguments([
        '-DBMCWEB_ENABLE_LOGGING',