diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03f5387..4ec395c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ### Changed
 
 1. pdr: Avoid ID overflow in pldm_entity_association_tree_add_entity()
+2. meson: Apply `b_ndebug=if-release` by default
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index da594cb..ad5cd8d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       'werror=true',
       'cpp_std=c++20',
       'c_std=c17',
+      'b_ndebug=if-release',
       'tests=' + (meson.is_subproject() ? 'disabled' : 'enabled'),
     ],
     version: '0.5.0',