diff --git a/media-sound/mpc/musicpc-0.34.recipe b/media-sound/mpc/musicpc-0.34.recipe
index 2a64f3674..113115878 100644
--- a/media-sound/mpc/musicpc-0.34.recipe
+++ b/media-sound/mpc/musicpc-0.34.recipe
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ BUILD()
 	export LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"
 
 	meson --prefix=$prefix \
+		--buildtype=release \
 		--libdir=$libDir \
 		--includedir=$includeDir \
 		--mandir=$manDir \