diff --git a/ports/yaml-cpp/portfile.cmake b/ports/yaml-cpp/portfile.cmake
index 0fc4f05b636840..096b178ac51631 100644
--- a/ports/yaml-cpp/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/yaml-cpp/portfile.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ get_filename_component(_IMPORT_PREFIX \"\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}\" PATH)
 get_filename_component(_IMPORT_PREFIX \"\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}\" PATH)" YAML_CONFIG "${YAML_CONFIG}")
 file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-targets.cmake "${YAML_CONFIG}")
 
-foreach(CONF debug release)
+set(_targets_cmake_conf)
+if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "debug")
+    list(APPEND _targets_cmake_conf "debug")
+endif()
+if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "release")
+    list(APPEND _targets_cmake_conf "release")
+endif()
+foreach(CONF ${_targets_cmake_conf})
     file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-targets-${CONF}.cmake YAML_CONFIG)
     string(REPLACE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}" "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}" YAML_CONFIG "${YAML_CONFIG}")
     file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-targets-${CONF}.cmake "${YAML_CONFIG}")