diff --git a/advancedSettings.pro b/advancedSettings.pro
index 46d5cee..8298880 100644
--- a/advancedSettings.pro
+++ b/advancedSettings.pro
@@ -118,3 +118,8 @@ unix {
     INSTALLS += application
 }
 
+debugSymbolsAndLogs {
+    message(Debug symbols and logging enabled.)
+    CONFIG += force_debug_info
+    DEFINES += ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING
+}
diff --git a/docs/building_for_linux.md b/docs/building_for_linux.md
index 8260af5..8a4d138 100644
--- a/docs/building_for_linux.md
+++ b/docs/building_for_linux.md
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ The following values can be appended to the `CONFIG` internal variable in order
 | ----- | ------- |
 | `noX11` | Disables X11 specific features (VR to keyboard input). |
 | `noDBUS` | Disables DBUS specific features (control media players). |
+| `debugSymbolsAndLogs` | Enables debug symbols and debug logging calls (while still having release optimizations). |
 
 The values are case sensitive.
 
diff --git a/src/utils/setup.cpp b/src/utils/setup.cpp
index 995c592..ba5942b 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/setup.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #include "setup.h"
+#ifdef ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING
+constexpr auto debugLoggingEnabled = true;
+#else
+constexpr auto debugLoggingEnabled = false;
+#endif
 
 // The default Qt message handler prints to stdout on X11 and to the debugger on
 // Windows. That is borderline useless for us, therefore we create our own
@@ -317,7 +322,15 @@ void setUpLogging()
 
     constexpr auto confDisabled = "false";
     conf.set( Level::Trace, ConfigurationType::Enabled, confDisabled );
-    conf.set( Level::Debug, ConfigurationType::Enabled, confDisabled );
+
+    if constexpr ( debugLoggingEnabled )
+    {
+        conf.set( Level::Debug, ConfigurationType::Enabled, confEnabled );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        conf.set( Level::Debug, ConfigurationType::Enabled, confDisabled );
+    }
 
     const auto appDataLocation
         = std::string( "/" ) + application_strings::applicationOrganizationName