diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index 142707487..20a79277c 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -1098,7 +1098,8 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::WriteDSPHeader(std::ostream& fout, const cha
     // the correct C or CXX flags
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL", flagsMinSize.c_str());
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG", flagsDebug.c_str());
-    cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line,"CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO", flagsDebugRel.c_str());
+    cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO", flagsDebugRel.c_str());
+    cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE", flagsRelease.c_str());
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS", flags.c_str());
     fout << line.c_str() << std::endl;
     }