diff --git a/src/intel/shaders/meson.build b/src/intel/shaders/meson.build
index 01ac3fd67cb..fbd1accb7e8 100644
--- a/src/intel/shaders/meson.build
+++ b/src/intel/shaders/meson.build
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ foreach gen : intel_shaders_gens
     command : [
       prog_mesa_clc,
       intel_shader_files, '-o', '@OUTPUT@', '--depfile', '@DEPFILE@', '--',
-      '-DNDEBUG=1',
       '-DGFX_VERx10=@0@'.format(gen[0]),
       '-I' + join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), '.'),
       '-I' + join_paths(dir_source_root, 'src/compiler/libcl'),
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ foreach gen : intel_shaders_gens
       '-I' + join_paths(dir_source_root, 'src/intel'),
       '-I' + join_paths(meson.project_build_root(), 'src/intel'),
       '-I' + join_paths(dir_source_root, 'src/intel/genxml'),
+      cl_args,
     ],
     depends : [gen_cl_xml_pack, intel_dev_wa_src],
     depfile : 'intel_gfx@0@_shaders.spv.d'.format(gen[0]),