diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt
index 73f0943024..541d7422cf 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ typical packages will therefore only use a few of them.
   necessary to set them in the package's +*.mk+ file unless you want
   to override them:
 
-** +CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE+ is driven by +BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG+;
+** +CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE+ is driven by +BR2_ENABLE_RUNTIME_DEBUG+;
 ** +CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX+;
 ** +BUILD_SHARED_LIBS+ is driven by +BR2_STATIC_LIBS+;
 ** +BUILD_DOC+, +BUILD_DOCS+ are disabled;
diff --git a/package/pkg-cmake.mk b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
index 37078f3c34..4ee100a0c6 100644
--- a/package/pkg-cmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ define TOOLCHAIN_CMAKE_INSTALL_FILES
 		-e 's#@@CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR@@#$(call qstrip,$(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR))#' \
 		-e 's#@@TOOLCHAIN_HAS_CXX@@#$(if $(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),1,0)#' \
 		-e 's#@@TOOLCHAIN_HAS_FORTRAN@@#$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_FORTRAN),1,0)#' \
-		-e 's#@@CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@@#$(if $(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),Debug,Release)#' \
+		-e 's#@@CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@@#$(if $(BR2_ENABLE_RUNTIME_DEBUG),Debug,Release)#' \
 		$(TOPDIR)/support/misc/toolchainfile.cmake.in \
 		> $(HOST_DIR)/share/buildroot/toolchainfile.cmake
 	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 support/misc/Buildroot.cmake \