diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8b4246e8b..7c23ae9bf 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function do_init
   cd ${TOPDIR}/deps/3rd/benchmark && \
     mkdir -p build && \
     cd build && \
-    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} .. -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING=OFF  -DBENCHMARK_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS=OFF -DBENCHMARK_USE_BUNDLED_GTEST=OFF -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_ASSEMBLY_TESTS=OFF && \
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING=OFF  -DBENCHMARK_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS=OFF -DBENCHMARK_USE_BUNDLED_GTEST=OFF -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_ASSEMBLY_TESTS=OFF && \
     ${MAKE_COMMAND} -j4 && \
     ${MAKE_COMMAND} install