diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e916549..2332607 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 
   deps += dependency('phosphor-logging')
 endif
+if get_option('sel-delete')
+  cpp_args += '-DSEL_LOGGER_ENABLE_SEL_DELETE'
+endif
 
 executable(
   'sel-logger',