diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index 9507fe9ddfd67..54ec98f8dc412 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $(package)_build_subdir=build
 # version as we do in releases. Due to quirks in libevents build system, this
 # is also required to enable support for ipv6. See #19375.
 define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=-DEVENT__DISABLE_BENCHMARK=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON
+  $(package)_config_opts=-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None -DEVENT__DISABLE_BENCHMARK=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON
   $(package)_config_opts+=-DEVENT__DISABLE_SAMPLES=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_REGRESS=ON
   $(package)_config_opts+=-DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS=ON -DEVENT__LIBRARY_TYPE=STATIC
   $(package)_cppflags += -D_GNU_SOURCE