diff --git a/include/cmake.mk b/include/cmake.mk
index bdd94c1a319a88904d0a5bd57103e6544f37bfd5..590d3f57c35429a45055978b758b64b69dde66d0 100644
--- a/include/cmake.mk
+++ b/include/cmake.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ define Build/Configure/Default
 			-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=1 \
 			-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=$(ARCH) \
 			-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+			-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="-DNDEBUG" \
+			-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="-DNDEBUG" \
 			-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/bin/$(TARGET_CC) \
 			-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/bin/$(TARGET_CXX) \
 			-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \