diff --git a/dev-lang/orc/orc-0.4.32.recipe b/dev-lang/orc/orc-0.4.32.recipe
index 12469d293..df43cc103 100644
--- a/dev-lang/orc/orc-0.4.32.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/orc/orc-0.4.32.recipe
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 BUILD()
 {
 	meson build \
+		--buildtype=release \
 		--prefix=$prefix \
 		--bindir=$binDir \
 		--libdir=$libDir \