diff --git a/src/lib/eina/meson.build b/src/lib/eina/meson.build
index 1642d28b93..b93e46802c 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/eina/meson.build
@@ -297,13 +297,10 @@ endif
 if cc.has_header_symbol(pthread_np_header_file, 'pthread_attr_setaffinity_np', args : pthread_args)
    eina_config.set('EINA_HAVE_PTHREAD_AFFINITY', '1')
 endif
-# FIXME the author of eina_debug probebly never ran with EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS
-# however eina debug decides to init that lock and never frees it. which means
-# the code in eina_main.c will not work in the way it currently is there.
 
-#if debug_threads or get_option('debug-threads')
-#   eina_config.set('EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS', '1')
-#endif
+if debug_threads or get_option('debug-threads')
+   eina_config.set('EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS', '1')
+endif
 
 eina_config.set('EINA_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T', cc.sizeof('wchar_t',  prefix : '#include<wchar.h>'))