diff --git a/src/build/build_options.c b/src/build/build_options.c
index e628e2575..0e1ded8b8 100644
--- a/src/build/build_options.c
+++ b/src/build/build_options.c
@@ -1230,6 +1230,7 @@ BuildOptions parse_arguments(int argc, const char *argv[])
 		.debug_info_override = DEBUG_INFO_NOT_SET,
 		.safety_level = SAFETY_NOT_SET,
 		.panic_level = PANIC_NOT_SET,
+		.show_backtrace = SHOW_BACKTRACE_NOT_SET,
 		.optlevel = OPTIMIZATION_NOT_SET,
 		.optsize = SIZE_OPTIMIZATION_NOT_SET,
 		.build_threads = cpus(),