diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5d9bb10b1..d39edfd8c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ script:
 
   - cd ../examples
   - 'if [ "$variant" != "" ]; then
-      bjam --hash -j3 warnings-as-errors=on variant=$variant $toolset link=shared;
+      bjam --hash -j3 warnings-as-errors=on variant=$variant picker-debugging=on $toolset link=shared;
     fi'
   - cd ..
 
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ script:
 # as the main library, so we cannot stage them to the same directory
 # here we specify the temporary lib dir as a path to look for the main library
   - 'if [ "$variant" != "" ]; then
-      bjam --hash -j3 warnings-as-errors=on link=shared variant=$variant $toolset install location=./lib;
+      bjam --hash -j3 warnings-as-errors=on picker-debugging=on link=shared variant=$variant $toolset install location=./lib;
     fi'
 
   - cd bindings/python
   - 'if [ "$variant" != "" ]; then
-      bjam --hash -j3 warnings-as-errors=on variant=$variant $toolset stage_module libtorrent-link=shared install-type=LIB dll-path=../../lib &&
+      bjam --hash -j3 warnings-as-errors=on variant=$variant picker-debugging=on $toolset stage_module libtorrent-link=shared install-type=LIB dll-path=../../lib &&
       LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../lib DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../lib python test.py;
     fi'
   - cd ../..;
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 5bf4701be..642ac8eaf 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ cache:
 build_script:
 # examples
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\examples
-- b2.exe --hash warnings-as-errors=on -j2 %compiler% address-model=%model% variant=%variant% linkflags=%linkflags% include=%include% link=shared
+- b2.exe --hash warnings-as-errors=on -j2 %compiler% address-model=%model% variant=%variant% picker-debugging=on linkflags=%linkflags% include=%include% link=shared
 
 # test
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\test
-- b2.exe --hash -j2 warnings-as-errors=on address-model=%model% win-tests %compiler% variant=%variant% link=shared linkflags=%linkflags% include=%include% testing.execute=off
+- b2.exe --hash -j2 warnings-as-errors=on address-model=%model% win-tests %compiler% variant=%variant% picker-debugging=on link=shared linkflags=%linkflags% include=%include% testing.execute=off
 
 # python binding
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\bindings\python
 # we use 64 bit python builds
-- if defined python ( b2.exe --hash -j2 %compiler% address-model=%model% stage_module install-dependencies=on variant=%variant% libtorrent-link=shared linkflags=%linkflags% include=%include% )
+- if defined python ( b2.exe --hash -j2 %compiler% address-model=%model% stage_module install-dependencies=on variant=%variant% picker-debugging=on libtorrent-link=shared linkflags=%linkflags% include=%include% )
 
 # simulations
 - if defined sim (
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ build_script:
 test_script:
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\test
 # mingw tests crash currently. needs resolving
-- if not %compiler% == gcc ( b2.exe --hash -j2 address-model=%model% win-tests %compiler% variant=%variant% link=shared linkflags=%linkflags% include=%include% )
+- if not %compiler% == gcc ( b2.exe --hash -j2 address-model=%model% win-tests %compiler% variant=%variant% picker-debugging=on link=shared linkflags=%linkflags% include=%include% )
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\bindings\python
 # we use 64 bit python build
 - if defined python ( c:\Python35-x64\python.exe test.py )