diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 24516e9..705efe5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 project('sdbusplus', 'cpp',
     default_options: [
+      'buildtype=debugoptimized',
       'cpp_std=c++17',
       'werror=true',
     ],