diff --git a/newapkbuild.in b/newapkbuild.in
index f0dc911cb8..f5dc882e88 100644
--- a/newapkbuild.in
+++ b/newapkbuild.in
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ build_cmake() {
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \\
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \\
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True \\
-		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \\
+		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \\
 		-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="\$CXXFLAGS" \\
 		-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="\$CFLAGS" \\
 		\${CMAKE_CROSSOPTS} .
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ build_meson() {
 		--sysconfdir=/etc \\
 		--mandir=/usr/share/man \\
 		--localstatedir=/var \\
-		--buildtype=release \\
+		--buildtype=debugoptimized \\
 		. output
 	ninja -C output
 __EOF__
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ depends="$depends"
 depends_dev=""
 makedepends="$makedepends"
 install="$install"
-subpackages="\$pkgname-dev \$pkgname-doc"
+subpackages="\$pkgname-dev \$pkgname-doc \$pkgname-dbg"
 source="$source"
 __EOF__