diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index af765a31..c1c8cf4a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
           name: Run golangci-lint
           command: |
               go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.31.0
-              golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml
+              golangci-lint run
 
   build-linux:
     docker:
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 00934e1d..d975b18a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 run:
+  build-tags:
+    - debug
   issues-exit-code: 0 # TODO: change this to 1 when we want it to fail builds
   skip-dirs:
     - contrib/