diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 60731c092e..ce03542904 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ if (APPLE)
     if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} MATCHES "Release")
         set(OPENMW_RELEASE_BUILD 1)
     endif()
-    if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} MATCHES "Release")
+    if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} MATCHES "RelWithDebugInfo")
         set(OPENMW_RELEASE_BUILD 1)
     endif()