diff --git a/subprojects/libvduse/meson.build b/subprojects/libvduse/meson.build
index ba08f5ee1a..3e3b53da33 100644
--- a/subprojects/libvduse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/libvduse/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 project('libvduse', 'c',
         license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
-        default_options: ['c_std=gnu99'])
+        default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'c_std=gnu99'])
+
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+add_project_arguments(cc.get_supported_arguments('-Wsign-compare',
+                                                 '-Wdeclaration-after-statement',
+                                                 '-Wstrict-aliasing'),
+                      native: false, language: 'c')
 
 libvduse = static_library('vduse',
                           files('libvduse.c'),