diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 43cf2ab..1f92121 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 		args.getopt("b|build", &m_build_type, [
 			"Specifies the type of build to perform. Note that setting the DFLAGS environment variable will override the build type with custom flags.",
 			"Possible names:",
-			"  debug (default), plain, release, unittest, profile, docs, ddox, cov, unittest-cov and custom types"
+			"  debug (default), plain, release, release-nobounds, unittest, profile, docs, ddox, cov, unittest-cov and custom types"
 		]);
 		args.getopt("c|config", &m_build_config, [
 			"Builds the specified configuration. Configurations can be defined in package.json"
diff --git a/source/dub/package_.d b/source/dub/package_.d
index e6595cd..5b50a12 100644
--- a/source/dub/package_.d
+++ b/source/dub/package_.d
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
 				case "plain": break;
 				case "debug": settings.addOptions(debugMode, debugInfo); break;
 				case "release": settings.addOptions(releaseMode, optimize, inline); break;
+				case "release-nobounds": settings.addOptions(releaseMode, optimize, inline, noBoundsCheck); break;
 				case "unittest": settings.addOptions(unittests, debugMode, debugInfo); break;
 				case "docs": settings.addOptions(syntaxOnly); settings.addDFlags("-c", "-Dddocs"); break;
 				case "ddox": settings.addOptions(syntaxOnly); settings.addDFlags("-c", "-Df__dummy.html", "-Xfdocs.json"); break;