diff --git a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 007fee11fb..87ddba72e7 100644
--- a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(rocksdb
         -DWITH_TESTS=OFF
         -DWITH_GFLAGS=OFF
         -DUSE_RTTI=ON
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
         -DWITH_JEMALLOC=${USE_JEMALLOC}
         -DJEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR=${TP_OUTPUT}
         -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}