diff --git a/package/flare-engine/flare-engine.mk b/package/flare-engine/flare-engine.mk
index 0aac3bd33c..2f36602348 100644
--- a/package/flare-engine/flare-engine.mk
+++ b/package/flare-engine/flare-engine.mk
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@ FLARE_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES += sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf
 # Don't use /usr/games and /usr/share/games
 FLARE_ENGINE_CONF_OPTS += -DBINDIR=bin -DDATADIR=share/flare
 
+# Don't use the default Debug type as it adds -pg (gprof)
+ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),y)
+FLARE_ENGINE_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))