diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/wdmaud.drv/wdmaud.rbuild b/reactos/dll/win32/wdmaud.drv/wdmaud.rbuild
index 69b1f5729ed..89269d330bb 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/wdmaud.drv/wdmaud.rbuild
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/wdmaud.drv/wdmaud.rbuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	<include base="wdmaud_kernel">.</include>
 	<include base="mmixer">.</include>
 	<include base="libsamplerate">.</include>
+	<define name="NDEBUG">1</define>
 	<!-- <define name="USE_MMIXER_LIB">1</define> Enable this line to bypass wdmaud + sysaudio -->
 	<!-- <define name="USERMODE_MIXER">1</define> Enable this line to for usermode mixing support -->
 	<library>mmebuddy</library>