diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
index 84e9fa4edb..8b55aa3098 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ else
 QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -no-gbm
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_RUNTIME_DEBUG),y)
 QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -debug
 else
 QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -release