diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5a8df45..0c8e3e2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@ subdir('po')
 subdir('resources')
 subdir('src')
 
-if get_option('buildtype') == 'debug'
-  rust_args = []
-  rust_target = 'debug'
-else
-  rust_args = ['--release']
-  rust_target = 'release'
-endif
-
 cargo = find_program('cargo')
 cargo_env = environment()
+
+if get_option('buildtype') == 'debug'
+  cargo_args = []
+  cargo_env.append('RUSTFLAGS', '-Cforce-frame-pointers=true', separator: ' ')
+else
+  cargo_args = ['--release']
+  extra_rustflags = []
+endif
+
 cargo_env.set('MESON_BUILD_ROOT', meson.project_build_root())
 cargo_env.set('CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR', meson.project_source_root())
 cargo_env.set('CARGO_TARGET_DIR', meson.project_build_root() / 'target')
@@ -64,6 +65,6 @@ custom_target(
   console: true,
   # means nothing (always stale and uncopied), we can't cp since env: drops the /bin/sh wrapper
   output: meson.project_name(),
-  command: [cargo, 'build', rust_args],
+  command: [cargo, 'build', cargo_args],
   env: cargo_env,
 )