diff --git a/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/rules b/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/rules
index 98ece4e3e..b1b40f0db 100755
--- a/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/rules
+++ b/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/rules
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS :=  -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=FALSE \
                           -DWITH_SERVER=ON \
                           -DWITH_CAIRO=ON \
                           -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-                          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
+                          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
                           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/freerdp-nightly/ \
                           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include \
                           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \