diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/debian/rules
index 17dfa5be8559f5222d26a5585721d6801589b3ad..235af71f931cbce3ee452fe69e9902ef60dfe57c 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/rules
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -ldebian/changelog \
 
 build:
 	dh_testdir
-	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DSPECTRUM_VERSION=${DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION} .
+	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DSPECTRUM_VERSION=${DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION} .
 	export VERBOSE=1
 	VERBOSE=1 make VERBOSE=1
 
diff --git a/packaging/fedora/spectrum2.spec b/packaging/fedora/spectrum2.spec
index fe8b14de8677c4db68abc4266ab7767e63822a51..883bfa38d6d561ee9c147c7f6fdfb442311036d6 100644
--- a/packaging/fedora/spectrum2.spec
+++ b/packaging/fedora/spectrum2.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Spectrum 2 is an XMPP transport/gateway and also simple XMPP server.
 %setup -q -n spectrum2
 
 %build
-%cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
+%cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 make VERBOSE=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install