diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 24c20501..28db425c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ endif()
 if(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
   # via per-configuration define
   add_definitions(-DMDBX_BUILD_TYPE="$<CONFIG>")
+  set(MDBX_BUILD_TYPE "<CONFIGURATION DEPENDENT>")
 else()
   set(MDBX_BUILD_TYPE ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
 endif()