diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index beafdddd87e..564a7002509 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" AND NOT APPLE)
     OFF)
 endif()
 option(WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS "Treat warnings as errors during compilation" OFF)
+option(WITH_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS "Enable _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS" OFF)
 option(WITH_CCACHE "Use ccache compiler invocation." OFF)
 option(WITH_PROFILER "Enable profiler annotations." OFF)
 set(TEST_TIMEOUT "300" CACHE STRING
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ add_library(cxx_interface INTERFACE)
 target_compile_options(
   cxx_interface
   INTERFACE -Wall -Wextra $<$<BOOL:${WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS}>:-Werror>
+            $<$<BOOL:${WITH_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS}>:-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS>
             # disable warnings from -Wextra
             -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable
             -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-braces
diff --git a/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh b/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
index 341d87f63ae..e2bed21020b 100755
--- a/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
+++ b/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ set_default_value make_check_benchmarks false
 set_default_value with_cuda false
 set_default_value with_cuda_compiler "nvcc"
 set_default_value build_type "RelWithAssert"
+set_default_value with_glibcxx_assertions true
 set_default_value with_ccache false
 set_default_value with_scafacos false
 set_default_value test_timeout 300
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ cmake_params="${cmake_params} -DTEST_TIMEOUT=${test_timeout}"
 if [ "${with_ccache}" = true ]; then
     cmake_params="${cmake_params} -DWITH_CCACHE=ON"
 fi
+
 if [ "${with_scafacos}" = true ]; then
     cmake_params="${cmake_params} -DWITH_SCAFACOS=ON"
 fi
@@ -144,6 +146,10 @@ if [ "${with_static_analysis}" = true ]; then
     cmake_params="-DWITH_CLANG_TIDY=ON ${cmake_params}"
 fi
 
+if [ "${with_glibcxx_assertions}" = true ] && [ "${build_type}" = "RelWithAssert" ]; then
+    cmake_params="${cmake_params} -DWITH_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS=ON"
+fi
+
 if [ "${with_cuda}" = true ]; then
     cmake_params="-DWITH_CUDA=ON -DWITH_CUDA_COMPILER=${with_cuda_compiler} ${cmake_params}"
 else