diff --git a/thirdparty/meson.build b/thirdparty/meson.build
index b9b9256f97..8bd29db98e 100644
--- a/thirdparty/meson.build
+++ b/thirdparty/meson.build
@@ -3,10 +3,20 @@ if vulkan.found()
 libvolk = static_library('volk', sources: 'volk/volk.c', c_args: ['-DVK_NO_PROTOTYPES'], dependencies: vulkan)
 volk = declare_dependency(compile_args: ['-DVK_NO_PROTOTYPES'], include_directories: 'volk', link_with: libvolk, dependencies: vulkan)
 
+debug_vma = false
+
 vma_defns = [
 	'-DVMA_STATIC_VULKAN_FUNCTIONS=0',
 	'-DVMA_DYNAMIC_VULKAN_FUNCTIONS=0',
-]
+	]
+
+if debug_vma
+	vma_defns += [
+		'-DVMA_DEBUG_MARGIN=16',
+		'-DVMA_DEBUG_DETECT_CORRUPTION=1',
+		'-DVMA_DEBUG_MIN_BUFFER_IMAGE_GRANULARITY=256',
+	]
+endif
 libvma = static_library('vma', sources: 'vma.cc', cpp_args: vma_defns, include_directories: 'VulkanMemoryAllocator/include', dependencies: [vulkan, volk])
 vma = declare_dependency(compile_args: vma_defns, include_directories: 'VulkanMemoryAllocator/include', link_with: libvma)