diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 705b545d8..01dbbf193 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure (Windows)
         if: matrix.config.os == 'windows-latest'
         # -Dfreetype2:png=enabled is a workaround for https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?59458
-        run: meson build -Db_vscrt=mdd -Ddefault_library=static --force-fallback-for=zlib,harfbuzz -Dfreetype2:zlib=system -Dfreetype2:png=enabled -Dfreetype2:default_library=static
+        run: meson build -Ddefault_library=static --force-fallback-for=zlib,harfbuzz -Dfreetype2:zlib=system -Dfreetype2:png=enabled -Dfreetype2:default_library=static
 
       - name: Configure (Linux)
         if: matrix.config.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4961e4a7b..3c331b620 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -116,11 +116,16 @@ else
     if get_option('default_library') == 'static'
         build_shared = 'OFF'
     endif
+    build_type = 'Release'
+    if get_option('buildtype') == 'debug'
+        build_type = 'Debug'
+    endif
 
     wx = cmake.subproject('wxWidgets', cmake_options: ['-DwxBUILD_INSTALL=OFF',
                                                        '-DwxBUILD_PRECOMP=OFF', # otherwise breaks project generation w/ meson
                                                        '-DwxBUILD_SHARED=@0@'.format(build_shared),
                                                        '-DwxUSE_WEBVIEW=OFF', # breaks build on linux
+                                                       '-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=@0@'.format(build_type),
                                                        '-DwxBUILD_MONOLITHIC=ON']) # otherwise breaks project generation w/ meson
     deps += [
         wx.dependency('wxmono'),