diff --git a/server/CMakeLists.txt b/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dd2c43..69ee0c3 100644
--- a/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -303,9 +303,19 @@ target_link_libraries(TeaSpeakServer
         zstd::libzstd_static
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(TeaSpeakServer
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/rtclib/target/debug/libteaspeak_rtc.so
-)
+if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/rtclib/librtc.so" AND NOT NO_RELEASE_RTC)
+   message("Linking to release librtc file")
+   target_link_libraries(TeaSpeakServer
+           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/rtclib/librtc.so
+   )
+elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/rtclib/target/debug/libteaspeak_rtc.so")
+    message("Linkding against debug libteaspeak_rtc.so")
+    target_link_libraries(TeaSpeakServer
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/rtclib/target/debug/libteaspeak_rtc.so
+    )
+else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing librtc library file")
+endif()
 
 # include_directories(${LIBRARY_PATH}/boringssl/include/)
 target_link_libraries(TeaSpeakServer