See https://github.com/FFY00/meson-python/blob/main/mesonpy/__init__.py#L452.

(Also: https://github.com/FFY00/meson-python/issues/54)
--- a/mesonpy/__init__.py
+++ b/mesonpy/__init__.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class Project():
                 f'--native-file={os.fspath(self._meson_native_file)}',
                 # TODO: Allow configuring these arguments
                 '-Ddebug=false',
-                '-Dstrip=true',
+                '-Dstrip=false',
                 '-Doptimization=2',
                 *setup_args,
             )
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ class Project():
 
     @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
     def build(self) -> None:
-        self._meson('compile')
+        self._meson('compile', '--verbose')
         self._meson('install', '--destdir', os.fspath(self._install_dir))
 
     @classmethod
