diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3ebd442..876e702 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ sources = [
   'do_task.cpp',
   ]
 
+if get_option('buildtype').startswith('release')
+    add_project_arguments('-DNDEBUG', language : ['cpp'])
+endif
+
 cc_args = ['-std=c++20']
 incdir = include_directories('.')