diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 417d2c51..81692dd9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ script: ./travis.sh
 env:
   matrix:
     - SHARED_LIB=OFF STATIC_LIB=ON CMAKE_PKG=OFF BUILD_TYPE=Debug VERBOSE=1
-    - SHARED_LIB=OFF STATIC_LIB=ON CMAKE_PKG=OFF BUILD_TYPE=Debug VERBOSE=1 CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11
+    - SHARED_LIB=OFF STATIC_LIB=ON CMAKE_PKG=OFF BUILD_TYPE=Release VERBOSE=1 CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11
 notifications:
   email: false
 sudo: false