diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0667a610b..7fcfd1c7b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CXXFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wfloat-equal -Wcast-qual -Wsign-conversion -Wlogical-op -g
+CXXFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wfloat-equal -Wcast-qual -Wsign-conversion -Wlogical-op -g -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG
 CXX=g++
 BIN=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin