diff --git a/games-strategy/hedgewars/hedgewars-1.1.0_pre20260124.ebuild b/games-strategy/hedgewars/hedgewars-1.1.0_pre20260124.ebuild
index 0e9ebb6805..559904a2c1 100644
--- a/games-strategy/hedgewars/hedgewars-1.1.0_pre20260124.ebuild
+++ b/games-strategy/hedgewars/hedgewars-1.1.0_pre20260124.ebuild
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DNOVIDEOREC=$(usex ffmpeg OFF ON)
 	)
 
-	CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$(usex debug Debug)
+	CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$(usex debug Debug ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
 
 	cmake_src_configure
 }