diff --git a/boards/x86_64/qemu/qemu-intel64/configs/jumbo/defconfig b/boards/x86_64/qemu/qemu-intel64/configs/jumbo/defconfig
index 132bc9e7073..1a1b855c7e2 100644
--- a/boards/x86_64/qemu/qemu-intel64/configs/jumbo/defconfig
+++ b/boards/x86_64/qemu/qemu-intel64/configs/jumbo/defconfig
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=999
 CONFIG_BOOT_RUNFROMEXTSRAM=y
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_SYSLOG=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS_EXPRESSION=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_PCI=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_PCI_ERROR=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_PCI_INFO=y