diff --git a/dev-db/libmysqlclient/libmysqlclient-6.1.6.recipe b/dev-db/libmysqlclient/libmysqlclient-6.1.6.recipe
index 2fce78379..4c3bb2676 100644
--- a/dev-db/libmysqlclient/libmysqlclient-6.1.6.recipe
+++ b/dev-db/libmysqlclient/libmysqlclient-6.1.6.recipe
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ defineDebugInfoPackage libmysqlclient$secondaryArchSuffix \
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix -DINSTALL_BINDIR=$relativeBinDir \
+	cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix -DINSTALL_BINDIR=$relativeBinDir \
 		-DINSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=$relativeIncludeDir -DINSTALL_LIBDIR=$relativeLibDir \
 		-DINSTALL_MANDIR=$relativeManDir -DINSTALL_SHAREDIR=$relativeDataDir \
 		-DINSTALL_MYSQLDATADIR=$relativeDataDir -DINSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR=$relativeDataDir \