diff --git a/package/pkg-meson.mk b/package/pkg-meson.mk
index a57820d4d2..dafad3b1eb 100644
--- a/package/pkg-meson.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-meson.mk
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--libdir=lib \
 		--default-library=$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),static,shared) \
-		--buildtype=$(if $(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),debug,release) \
+		--buildtype=$(if $(BR2_ENABLE_RUNTIME_DEBUG),debug,release) \
 		--cross-file=$$($$(PKG)_SRCDIR)/build/cross-compilation.conf \
 		-Dstrip=false \
 		-Dbuild.pkg_config_path=$$(HOST_DIR)/lib/pkgconfig \