diff --git a/app-crypt/qca/qca-2.2.1.recipe b/app-crypt/qca/qca-2.2.1.recipe
index 263348216..088f5828e 100644
--- a/app-crypt/qca/qca-2.2.1.recipe
+++ b/app-crypt/qca/qca-2.2.1.recipe
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ BUILD()
 {
 	export QC_CERTSTORE_PATH=/system/data/ssl/CARootCertificates.pem
 
-	cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix \
+	cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix \
 		-DQCA_PLUGINS_INSTALL_DIR=$libDir \
 		-DQCA_BINARY_INSTALL_DIR=$binDir \
 		-DQCA_LIBRARY_INSTALL_DIR=$libDir \