diff --git a/ports/cairo/build.sh b/ports/cairo/build.sh
index 8b5d21f68..01d7a3340 100755
--- a/ports/cairo/build.sh
+++ b/ports/cairo/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-$VERSION.tar.xz#445ed8208
 DEPENDENCIES=('libpng' 'pixman' 'fontconfig' 'glib' 'libX11' 'libXrender' 'libXext')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Dtests=disabled'
 )
 
diff --git a/ports/dbus/build.sh b/ports/dbus/build.sh
index 7078c3fc9..a916afc1b 100755
--- a/ports/dbus/build.sh
+++ b/ports/dbus/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-$VERSION.tar.xz#0b
 DEPENDENCIES=('glib' 'expat')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Depoll=disabled' # linux only
 	'-Dintrusive_tests=false'
 	'-Dinstalled_tests=false'
diff --git a/ports/fontconfig/build.sh b/ports/fontconfig/build.sh
index 5d9714994..974311f39 100755
--- a/ports/fontconfig/build.sh
+++ b/ports/fontconfig/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/archive/$VE
 DEPENDENCIES=('harfbuzz' 'freetype' 'expat' 'libiconv')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Dtests=disabled'
 	'-Dnls=disabled'
 )
diff --git a/ports/gdk-pixbuf/build.sh b/ports/gdk-pixbuf/build.sh
index 6d51e6f7b..baeea49cc 100755
--- a/ports/gdk-pixbuf/build.sh
+++ b/ports/gdk-pixbuf/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/archive/$VERSION/gdk-p
 DEPENDENCIES=('glib' 'libpng' 'libjpeg-turbo' 'libtiff' 'shared-mime-info')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Dtests=false'
 	'-Dman=false'
 )
diff --git a/ports/glib/build.sh b/ports/glib/build.sh
index 9b7d0b456..68580d54b 100755
--- a/ports/glib/build.sh
+++ b/ports/glib/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/${VERSION%.*}/glib-$VERSIO
 DEPENDENCIES=('pcre2' 'libffi' 'zlib' 'libiconv')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Dxattr=false'
 )
 
diff --git a/ports/gtk3/build.sh b/ports/gtk3/build.sh
index ab93275ef..2ae2ebfed 100755
--- a/ports/gtk3/build.sh
+++ b/ports/gtk3/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/archive/$VERSION/gtk-$VERSION
 DEPENDENCIES=('glib' 'gdk-pixbuf' 'pango' 'libatk' 'libepoxy' 'libXrandr' 'libXcursor' 'libXinerama')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Dtests=false'
 	'-Dexamples=false'
 	'-Dintrospection=false'
diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/build.sh b/ports/harfbuzz/build.sh
index 351901d2a..6cfa2b9d1 100755
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/build.sh
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/$VERSION/ha
 DEPENDENCIES=('glib' 'freetype' 'icu')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Dtests=disabled'
 	'-Dcairo=disabled'
 )
diff --git a/ports/libatk/build.sh b/ports/libatk/build.sh
index e9559a707..521ce1d0f 100755
--- a/ports/libatk/build.sh
+++ b/ports/libatk/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TAR_CONTENT="at-spi2-core-$VERSION"
 DEPENDENCIES=('glib' 'dbus' 'libxml2' 'libX11' 'libXtst')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 )
 
 configure() {
diff --git a/ports/libxml2/build.sh b/ports/libxml2/build.sh
index b1bca1c8c..dd2572d06 100755
--- a/ports/libxml2/build.sh
+++ b/ports/libxml2/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TAR_CONTENT="libxml2-v$VERSION"
 DEPENDENCIES=('zlib' 'libiconv')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 )
 
 configure() {
diff --git a/ports/pango/build.sh b/ports/pango/build.sh
index 044f9e29c..16fa5ba75 100755
--- a/ports/pango/build.sh
+++ b/ports/pango/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/archive/$VERSION/pango-$VER
 DEPENDENCIES=('glib' 'fontconfig' 'cairo' 'fribidi' 'libXft')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Dbuild-testsuite=false'
 )
 
diff --git a/ports/pixman/build.sh b/ports/pixman/build.sh
index 661c6b27f..ebbbf808a 100755
--- a/ports/pixman/build.sh
+++ b/ports/pixman/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://cairographics.org/releases/pixman-$VERSION.tar.gz#d09c44eb
 DEPENDENCIES=('glib' 'libpng')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 )
 
 configure() {
diff --git a/ports/shared-mime-info/build.sh b/ports/shared-mime-info/build.sh
index 8e012e924..a531ec684 100755
--- a/ports/shared-mime-info/build.sh
+++ b/ports/shared-mime-info/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/-/archive/$VER
 DEPENDENCIES=('glib' 'libxml2')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 	'-Dbuild-tests=false'
 	'-Dbuild-translations=false'
 	'-Dupdate-mimedb=true'
diff --git a/ports/xorgproto/build.sh b/ports/xorgproto/build.sh
index 0ee16e574..21828d6f5 100755
--- a/ports/xorgproto/build.sh
+++ b/ports/xorgproto/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_URL="https://www.x.org/releases/individual/proto/xorgproto-$VERSION.tar
 DEPENDENCIES=('util-macros')
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'-Dprefix=/usr'
+	'-Dbuildtype=release'
 )
 
 configure() {