diff --git a/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk b/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
index d59933845c..f79b6c757a 100644
--- a/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
+++ b/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ HIREDIS_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 HIREDIS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 HIREDIS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = redislabs
 HIREDIS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-HIREDIS_CONF_OPTS = -DDISABLE_TESTS=ON
+# Set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Release or the libraries will be suffixed with "d"
+# resulting in a build failure with collectd
+HIREDIS_CONF_OPTS = -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DDISABLE_TESTS=ON
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),yy)
 HIREDIS_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_SSL=ON