diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e1e7f74..c510789 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ client_target = get_option('libexecdir') / 'hexagonrpc'
 
 cflags = ['-Wall', '-Wextra', '-Wpedantic', '-Wno-unused-parameter']
 
+if get_option('hexagonrpcd_verbose')
+  cflags += '-DHEXAGONRPC_VERBOSE'
+endif
+
 subdir('libhexagonrpc')
 subdir('hexagonrpcd')
 subdir('chrecd')
diff --git a/meson.options b/meson.options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62dd8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.options
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+option('hexagonrpcd_verbose', type : 'boolean', value : true,
+  description : 'Compile hexagonrpcd with extra logging for each remote method invocation')