diff --git a/build_overrides/gpgmm_features.gni b/build_overrides/gpgmm_features.gni
index 9f673dbf5..b9a2795ae 100644
--- a/build_overrides/gpgmm_features.gni
+++ b/build_overrides/gpgmm_features.gni
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ declare_args() {
 
   # Enables ASSERT on severity functionality.
   # Sets -dGPGMM_ENABLE_ASSERT_ON_WARNING
-  gpgmm_enable_assert_on_warning = false
+  gpgmm_enable_assert_on_warning = is_debug
 
   # Enables warming of caches with common sizes.
   # Sets -dGPGMM_ENABLE_SIZE_CACHE