diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5496b3145a..8822301cf6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ if(OPENMW_LTO_BUILD)
         include(CheckIPOSupported)
         check_ipo_supported(RESULT HAVE_IPO OUTPUT HAVE_IPO_OUTPUT)
         if(HAVE_IPO)
-            message(STATUS "LTO enabled")
-            set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
+            message(STATUS "LTO enabled for Release configuration.")
+            set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION_RELEASE TRUE)
         else()
             message(WARNING "Requested option OPENMW_LTO_BUILD not supported by this compiler: ${HAVE_IPO_OUTPUT}")
         endif()