diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 9bf477097..3bb172979 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::OutputLinkLibraries(std::ostream& fout,
     {
     cmakeBuildType = cmTarget::DEBUG;
     }
-  if(buildType.size())
+  else if(buildType.size())
     {
     cmakeBuildType = cmTarget::OPTIMIZED;
     }