diff --git a/moonlight-common-c/moonlight-common-c.pro b/moonlight-common-c/moonlight-common-c.pro
index e0fb100b..2a0a498e 100644
--- a/moonlight-common-c/moonlight-common-c.pro
+++ b/moonlight-common-c/moonlight-common-c.pro
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ INCLUDEPATH += \
 CONFIG += warn_off staticlib
 DEFINES += HAS_SOCKLEN_T
 
+debug {
+    # Enable asserts on debug builds
+    DEFINES += LC_DEBUG
+}
+
 # Older GCC versions defaulted to GNU89
 *-g++ {
     QMAKE_CFLAGS += -std=gnu99