diff --git a/mythtv/configure b/mythtv/configure
index 2b920aa01e..9c9cba7c0f 100755
--- a/mythtv/configure
+++ b/mythtv/configure
@@ -5137,16 +5137,16 @@ if test $target_os = android ; then
 fi

 append CCONFIG "$compile_type"
-if test x$compile_type = x"profile" ; then
-    add_cflags   -DNDEBUG
-    add_cxxflags -DNDEBUG
-    enable debug
-    disable stripping
-    enable profiletype
-elif test x$compile_type = x"debug"; then
-    enable debug
+if test x$compile_type = x"debug"; then
     disable optimizations stripping
     enable debugtype
+else
+    add_cflags   -DNDEBUG
+    add_cxxflags -DNDEBUG
+    if test x$compile_type = x"profile" ; then
+        disable stripping
+        enable profiletype
+    fi
 fi

 enabled silent_cc && append CCONFIG "silent"