diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index da470aa..4aa6259 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
           {
             'link_settings': {
               'libraries': [
-                '<(module_root_dir)/deps/zstd/out/lib/Debug/zstd_static.lib'
+                '<(module_root_dir)/deps/zstd/out/lib/Release/zstd_static.lib'
               ]
             },
           },
diff --git a/etc/install-zstd.sh b/etc/install-zstd.sh
index 0e2945a..1f3bae8 100644
--- a/etc/install-zstd.sh
+++ b/etc/install-zstd.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ build_zstd() {
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 	    ../build/cmake 
 
-	cmake --build .  --target libzstd_static
+	cmake --build .  --target libzstd_static --config Release
 }
 
 clean_deps