diff --git a/sys/Cargo.toml b/sys/Cargo.toml
index b74a8ea..67e21ea 100644
--- a/sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "whisper-rs-sys"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.10.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Rust bindings for whisper.cpp (FFI bindings)"
 license = "Unlicense"
diff --git a/sys/build.rs b/sys/build.rs
index dad3d57..97e5a01 100644
--- a/sys/build.rs
+++ b/sys/build.rs
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ fn main() {
         // debug builds are too slow to even remotely be usable,
         // so we build with optimizations even in debug mode
         config.define("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE", "RelWithDebInfo");
+        config.cxxflag("-DWHISPER_DEBUG");
     }
 
     // Allow passing any WHISPER cmake flag