diff --git a/app/meson.build b/app/meson.build
index 87dbcff3..cada95f7 100644
--- a/app/meson.build
+++ b/app/meson.build
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 conf = configuration_data()
 
+# expose the build type
+conf.set('BUILD_DEBUG', get_option('buildtype') == 'debug')
+
 # the version, updated on release
 conf.set_quoted('SCRCPY_VERSION', '0.1')
 
diff --git a/app/src/main.c b/app/src/main.c
index c1e02e2e..852815e1 100644
--- a/app/src/main.c
+++ b/app/src/main.c
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+#ifdef BUILD_DEBUG
     SDL_LogSetAllPriority(SDL_LOG_PRIORITY_DEBUG);
+#endif
 
     int res = scrcpy(args.serial, args.port, args.max_size, args.bit_rate) ? 0 : 1;