diff --git a/ports/check/CONTROL b/ports/check/CONTROL
index 4627d0422..8deb787bc 100644
--- a/ports/check/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/check/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: check
-Version: 0.12.0-1
+Version: 0.12.0-2
 Description: A unit testing framework for C
diff --git a/ports/check/fix-build-debug-mode.patch b/ports/check/fix-build-debug-mode.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edf430060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/check/fix-build-debug-mode.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 0d66a5d..3b9a72d 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ set(CHECK_VERSION
+ 
+ set(MEMORY_LEAKING_TESTS_ENABLED 1)
+ 
+-###############################################################################
+-# Set build features
+-set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+-
+ ###############################################################################
+ # Option
+ option(CHECK_ENABLE_TESTS
diff --git a/ports/check/portfile.cmake b/ports/check/portfile.cmake
index 1713a39a9..f7561db19 100644
--- a/ports/check/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/check/portfile.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     REF 0.12.0
     SHA512 f7b6452b69f999a90e86a8582d980c0c1b74ba5629ee34455724463ba62bfe3501ad0415aa771170f5c638a7a253f123bf87cbef25aadc6569a7a3a4d10fce90
     HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES
+        fix-build-debug-mode.patch
 )
 
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(