diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-calc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-calc/package.nix
index 2f4ec18b18ee..2ba4edfe0d2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-calc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/rofi-calc/package.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cairo
   ];
 
+  mesonBuildType = "release";
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/calc.c --replace-fail \
       "qalc_binary = \"qalc\"" \