diff --git a/indra/develop.py b/indra/develop.py
index a1e8f59c5dc6983fc5e52c619c9ff434b30e3e79..2dd7b394105e6a98869fcdccf339290942f874d3 100755
--- a/indra/develop.py
+++ b/indra/develop.py
@@ -544,11 +544,11 @@ def run_cmake(self, args=[]):
         PlatformSetup.run_cmake(self, args)
         if self.unattended == 'OFF':
             for build_dir in self.build_dirs():
-                vstool_cmd = os.path.join('tools','vstool','VSTool.exe') \
-                             + ' --solution ' \
-                             + os.path.join(build_dir,'SecondLife.sln') \
-                             + ' --config RelWithDebInfo' \
-                             + ' --startup secondlife-bin'
+                vstool_cmd = (os.path.join('tools','vstool','VSTool.exe') +
+                              ' --solution ' +
+                              os.path.join(build_dir,'SecondLife.sln') +
+                              ' --config ' + self.build_type +
+                              ' --startup secondlife-bin')
                 print 'Running %r in %r' % (vstool_cmd, getcwd())
                 self.run(vstool_cmd)