diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 964f087b..eaa2445c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AM_CONDITIONAL(COND_REND_OSX,false)
 
 STATIC_LIBS=no
+CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -g"
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,Enable debugging features,CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DDEBUG_MEMORY -g -Wall")
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,Enable debugging features,CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -Wall")
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug-memory,Enable mem leak debugging,CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DDEBUG_MEMORY")
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(efence,Enable electric fence,LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -lefence")
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(howl,[  --enable-howl      Use the howl mDNS library],