diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 9a3135f..74674b2 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 		args.getopt("b|build", &m_buildType, [
 			"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, release-nobounds, unittest, profile, profile-gc, docs, ddox, cov, unittest-cov and custom types"
+			"  debug (default), plain, release, release-debug, release-nobounds, unittest, profile, profile-gc, docs, ddox, cov, unittest-cov and custom types"
 		]);
 		args.getopt("c|config", &m_buildConfig, [
 			"Builds the specified configuration. Configurations can be defined in dub.json"
diff --git a/source/dub/package_.d b/source/dub/package_.d
index de5adb5..90b19bd 100644
--- a/source/dub/package_.d
+++ b/source/dub/package_.d
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
 				case "plain": break;
 				case "debug": settings.addOptions(debugMode, debugInfo); break;
 				case "release": settings.addOptions(releaseMode, optimize, inline); break;
+				case "release-debug": settings.addOptions(releaseMode, optimize, inline, debugInfo); break;
 				case "release-nobounds": settings.addOptions(releaseMode, optimize, inline, noBoundsCheck); break;
 				case "unittest": settings.addOptions(unittests, debugMode, debugInfo); break;
 				case "docs": settings.addOptions(syntaxOnly, _docs); break;