diff --git a/media-libs/openexr/openexr-2.4.1.recipe b/media-libs/openexr/openexr-2.4.1.recipe
index 06b0ef41f..6238f9b24 100644
--- a/media-libs/openexr/openexr-2.4.1.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/openexr/openexr-2.4.1.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ main image file format."
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.openexr.com/"
 COPYRIGHT="2002-2017 Industrial Light & Magic"
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/archive/v$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="3ebbe9a8e67edb4a25890b98c598e9fe23b10f96d1416d6a3ff0732e99d001c1"
 SOURCE_FILENAME="openexr-$portVersion.tar.gz"
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 BUILD()
 {
 	mkdir -p build && cd build
-	cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$prefix
+	cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$prefix
 	make $jobArgs
 }