diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20dd783dc..2fbbb4a0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ Building the program with BLAS support may lead to some performance improvements
     set PATH=%HIP_PATH%\bin;%PATH%
     mkdir build
     cd build
-    cmake -G Ninja -DAMDGPU_TARGETS=gfx1100 -DLLAMA_HIPBLAS=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ ..
+    cmake -G Ninja -DAMDGPU_TARGETS=gfx1100 -DLLAMA_HIPBLAS=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
     cmake --build .
     ```
     Make sure that `AMDGPU_TARGETS` is set to the GPU arch you want to compile for. The above example uses `gfx1100` that corresponds to Radeon RX 7900XTX/XT/GRE. You can find a list of targets [here](https://llvm.org/docs/AMDGPUUsage.html#processors)