diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index be7a40d52e70..e296514dcf61 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 
 // Enable minimal optimizations for more compact code in debug mode.
 FMT_PRAGMA_GCC(push_options)
-#if !defined(__OPTIMIZE__) && !defined(__CUDACC__) && !defined(FMT_MODULE)
+#if !defined(FMT_DISABLE_DEBUG_OPTIMIZE_PRAGMA) && !defined(__OPTIMIZE__) && !defined(__CUDACC__) && !defined(FMT_MODULE)
 FMT_PRAGMA_GCC(optimize("Og"))
 #endif