diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8bb2d824ce3a13d82b534ea652757a028b18ef9d..20cebff7befc8a1cf488a56c1b1870b046e33fcb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ build:f34-repo-wayland:
   script:
     - dnf install -y glfw-devel spdlog-devel
     - mkdir build && cd build
-    - cmake ..
+    - cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
     - make
   artifacts:
     paths:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ build:f34-fallback-wayland:
   script:
     - dnf install -y wayland-devel wayland-protocols-devel libxkbcommon-devel
     - mkdir build && cd build
-    - cmake ..
+    - cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
     - make
   artifacts:
     paths: