diff --git a/libraries/build_event.sh b/libraries/build_event.sh
index 55fe3d2..cf97c0c 100755
--- a/libraries/build_event.sh
+++ b/libraries/build_event.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 cd event/build/
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fPIC -I../../boringssl/include/ ${C_FLAGS}" -DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CXX_FLAGS}" ${CMAKE_OPTIONS}
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fPIC -I../../boringssl/include/ ${C_FLAGS}" -DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CXX_FLAGS}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ${CMAKE_OPTIONS}
 make ${CMAKE_MAKE_OPTIONS}
 sudo make install