diff --git a/.travis/build_maxscale.sh b/.travis/build_maxscale.sh
index 2aeda7c4f..916b8d37c 100644
--- a/.travis/build_maxscale.sh
+++ b/.travis/build_maxscale.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ echo TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR: ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}
 mkdir build
 cd build
 
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_TESTS=Y -DBUILD_AVRO=N
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_TESTS=Y -DBUILD_AVRO=N
 
 make
 make test
diff --git a/server/core/test/testlog.c b/server/core/test/testlog.c
index cf409f0b4..5858b24d9 100644
--- a/server/core/test/testlog.c
+++ b/server/core/test/testlog.c
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
  * Public License.
  */
 
+#ifndef SS_DEBUG
+#define SS_DEBUG
+#endif
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/server/core/test/testserver.c b/server/core/test/testserver.c
index d1e214de2..19d33e20b 100644
--- a/server/core/test/testserver.c
+++ b/server/core/test/testserver.c
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ test1()
     /* Server tests */
     ss_dfprintf(stderr,
                 "testserver : creating server called MyServer");
-    server = server_alloc("MyServer", "HTTPD", 9876, "NullAuthAccept", NULL);
+    server = server_alloc("MyServer", "HTTPD", 9876, "NullAuthAllow", NULL);
+    ss_info_dassert(server, "Allocating the server should not fail");
     mxs_log_flush_sync();
 
     //ss_info_dassert(NULL != service, "New server with valid protocol and port must not be null");