diff --git a/gui/build.sh b/gui/build.sh
index 5f3a527c37b58089ced96b31d580a37baed2bd82..b31c225e0d7360572e3577250e61f29f6210be17 100755
--- a/gui/build.sh
+++ b/gui/build.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function buildQmake {
     echo "[+] Now building Qml app with Qt qmake"
     echo "[+] Using qmake in:" $QMAKE
     mkdir -p $QTBUILD
-    $QMAKE -early QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX -o "$QTBUILD/Makefile" CONFIG+=release VENDOR_PATH="${VENDOR_PATH}" $PROJECT
+    $QMAKE -early QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX -o "$QTBUILD/Makefile" CONFIG+=release VENDOR_PATH="${VENDOR_PATH}" RELEASE=${RELEASE} $PROJECT
     #CONFIG=+force_debug_info CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=debug_and_release
 }