diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 04ade4ce2..aa411db03 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1099,7 +1099,8 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--with-included-boost[[[=shared]]]], [Use the boost sources from
 
 	AM_COND_IF([DEBUG],
 	[
-		boost_variant="debug"
+		dnl boost_variant="debug"
+		boost_variant="release"
 	], [
 		boost_variant="release"
 	])