diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 63f47bb597d8360bdd3d4d026e94d5444416c748..1e7d58536a14392f52780c0918b95c7df6545fb1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ project(
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c99',
     'cpp_std=c++11',
+    'warning_level=2',
   ],
 )
 add_languages('cpp')