diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 865159ca3c..a7d48a2c45 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ conf.set10('ENABLE_DEBUG_HASHMAP', enable_debug_hashmap)
 conf.set10('ENABLE_DEBUG_MMAP_CACHE', enable_debug_mmap_cache)
 
 conf.set10('VALGRIND', get_option('valgrind'))
+conf.set10('LOG_TRACE', get_option('log-trace'))
 
 #####################################################################
 
@@ -3066,6 +3067,7 @@ foreach tuple : [
         ['debug hashmap'],
         ['debug mmap cache'],
         ['valgrind',         conf.get('VALGRIND') == 1],
+        ['trace logging',    conf.get('LOG_TRACE') == 1],
 ]
 
         if tuple.length() >= 2
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 0407b97b5b..83ade5bea4 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ option('memory-accounting-default', type : 'boolean',
        description : 'enable MemoryAccounting= by default')
 option('valgrind', type : 'boolean', value : false,
        description : 'do extra operations to avoid valgrind warnings')
+option('log-trace', type : 'boolean', value : false,
+       description : 'enable low level debug logging')
 
 option('utmp', type : 'boolean',
        description : 'support for utmp/wtmp log handling')