diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1b33af6..400d4eb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ project(
   default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'werror=true'],
   version : '0.1')
 
+warning_level = 3
+
 PHOGEN_WORD_LIST = files('data/words_alpha.txt.backup')
 
 subdir('c')