diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 55270cda23..d653f96ede 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('efl', ['c','cpp'],
   version: '1.23.99',
-  default_options : ['buildtype=release', 'cpp_std=c++11'],
+  default_options : ['buildtype=plain', 'cpp_std=c++11'],
   meson_version : '>=0.47'
 )