diff --git a/src/options.cpp b/src/options.cpp
index 0b5744dfd..687b74fb1 100644
--- a/src/options.cpp
+++ b/src/options.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "options.hpp"
 #include "reprojection.hpp"
 #include "sprompt.hpp"
+#include "version.hpp"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -564,6 +565,7 @@ options_t::options_t(int argc, char *argv[]) : options_t()
             reproject_area = true;
             break;
         case 'V':
+            fmt::print(stderr, "Build: {}\n", get_build_type());
             fmt::print(stderr, "Compiled using the following library versions:\n");
             fmt::print(stderr, "Libosmium {}\n", LIBOSMIUM_VERSION_STRING);
             fmt::print(stderr, "Proj {}\n", get_proj_version());
diff --git a/src/version.cpp.in b/src/version.cpp.in
index b64fab60d..7f63e370b 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp.in
+++ b/src/version.cpp.in
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
  * For a full list of authors see the git log.
  */
 
+char const *get_build_type() noexcept
+{
+    return "@CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@";
+}
+
 char const *get_osm2pgsql_version() noexcept
 {
     return "@PACKAGE_VERSION@@VERSION_FROM_GIT@";
diff --git a/src/version.hpp b/src/version.hpp
index d022cfb01..f66d0afbe 100644
--- a/src/version.hpp
+++ b/src/version.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * For a full list of authors see the git log.
  */
 
+char const *get_build_type() noexcept;
 char const *get_osm2pgsql_version() noexcept;
 char const *get_osm2pgsql_short_version() noexcept;
 char const *get_minimum_postgresql_server_version() noexcept;