diff --git a/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-0.5.recipe b/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-0.5.recipe
index a26f97b60..42361745a 100644
--- a/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-0.5.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-0.5.recipe
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ BUILD()
 	cp -r $sourceDir3/skcms-$srcGitRev_3/* third_party/skcms
 	cp -r $sourceDir4/sjpeg-$srcGitRev_4/* third_party/sjpeg
 	cmake -B build -S . $cmakeDirArgs \
-		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None \
+		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 		-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
 		-DJPEGXL_FORCE_SYSTEM_BROTLI=true \
 		-DJPEGXL_FORCE_SYSTEM_HWY=true \