diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b97bbf5c9..212cb55a3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ SMALL_OPTS =
 # DEBUG_NO_POOLS, DEBUG_FAIL_ALLOC, DEBUG_STRICT_NOCRASH, DEBUG_HPACK,
 # DEBUG_AUTH, DEBUG_SPOE, DEBUG_UAF, DEBUG_THREAD, DEBUG_STRICT, DEBUG_DEV,
 # DEBUG_TASK, DEBUG_MEMORY_POOLS, DEBUG_POOL_TRACING.
-DEBUG =
+DEBUG = -DDEBUG_STRICT -DDEBUG_MEMORY_POOLS
 
 #### Trace options
 # Use TRACE=1 to trace function calls to file "trace.out" or to stderr if not