diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb
index 3b93f0d02c..90076f9d6d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/clang/clang_git.bb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=OFF \
                   -DFFI_INCLUDE_DIR=$(pkg-config --variable=includedir libffi) \
                   -DLLVM_BUILD_EXTERNAL_COMPILER_RT=ON \
                   -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Linux \
-                  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel \
+                  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
                   -DLLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX='${VER_SUFFIX}' \
                   -DLLVM_CMAKE_DIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/cmake/llvm \
                   -DLLVM_NATIVE_TOOL_DIR=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE} \