diff --git a/CMLibCommonTargetProperties.cmake b/CMLibCommonTargetProperties.cmake
index ac24f19..2e64c79 100644
--- a/CMLibCommonTargetProperties.cmake
+++ b/CMLibCommonTargetProperties.cmake
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ function(common_target_properties target)
     check_cxx_compiler_flag(-flto CXX_HAS_LTO_FLAG)
     check_cxx_compiler_flag(-fno-fat-lto-objects CXX_HAS_NO_FAT_LTO_FLAG)
     if(CXX_HAS_LTO_FLAG)
-      target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC "-flto")
+      target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:-flto>")
       set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE "-flto")
       if(CXX_HAS_NO_FAT_LTO_FLAG)
-        target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC "-fno-fat-lto-objects")
+        target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:-fno-fat-lto-objects>")
         set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE "-fno-fat-lto-objects")
       endif()
     endif()