diff --git a/package/apitrace/apitrace.mk b/package/apitrace/apitrace.mk
index e4e6c41fed..b962ac01d3 100644
--- a/package/apitrace/apitrace.mk
+++ b/package/apitrace/apitrace.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ APITRACE_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_68485),y)
 # This works around embedded Brotli build failure
 APITRACE_CFLAGS += -O0
+# CMakeLists.txt sets CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_<BUILD_TYPE> depending on
+# BUILD_TYPE, and this comes after the generic CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS.
+# Override CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE so no overrides are applied.
+APITRACE_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Buildroot
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_85180),y)