diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/opcua/open62541_1.3.6.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/opcua/open62541_1.3.6.bb
index bab0e75864..75cf25c773 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/opcua/open62541_1.3.6.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/opcua/open62541_1.3.6.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += "\
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
     -DUA_NAMESPACE_ZERO=FULL \
     -DUA_LOGLEVEL=600 \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
 "
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "encryption-mbedtls pubsub pubsub-eth"