diff --git a/contrib/windows-configure.sh b/contrib/windows-configure.sh
index 83d3208fd..c4e193fe3 100755
--- a/contrib/windows-configure.sh
+++ b/contrib/windows-configure.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cmake \
     -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-fstack-protector \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fdiagnostics-color=always \
     -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$root/contrib/cross/mingw64.cmake" \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DBUILD_STATIC_DEPS=ON \
     -DBUILD_PACKAGE=ON \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
diff --git a/contrib/windows.sh b/contrib/windows.sh
index ebc20c035..ff380aebd 100755
--- a/contrib/windows.sh
+++ b/contrib/windows.sh
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ set +x
 
 root="$(readlink -f $(dirname $0)/../)"
 cd "$root"
-./contrib/windows-configure.sh . build-windows $@
+./contrib/windows-configure.sh . build-windows "$@"
 make package -j${JOBS:-$(nproc)} -C build-windows