diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0290a6079..e521664b0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ script:
   - export CPPFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"
   - export LIBS="-lgcov"
   - autoreconf -if
-  - ./configure BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$(pwd)/vendor/boost/stage/lib" || cat config.log
+  - ./configure BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$(pwd)/vendor/boost/stage/lib" --enable-debug || cat config.log
   - make -j3 all test
   - coveralls --exclude vendor --exclude tests --exclude src --exclude build --exclude tools
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