diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 0ab0174dde..83f156a4bb 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ before_build:
 
 build_script:
   - sw -version
-  - sw -show-output -platform %platform% build -Dwith-tests=1
+  - sw -show-output -platform %platform% -config d,r build -Dwith-tests=1
 
 after_build:
   - 7z a tesseract.zip %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\.sw\out\**\*.exe %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\.sw\out\**\*.dll