diff --git a/CI/before_script.osx.sh b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
index bdb97808e3..5574b3ea6b 100755
--- a/CI/before_script.osx.sh
+++ b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
@@ -16,16 +16,40 @@ ICU_PATH=$(brew --prefix icu4c)
 OPENAL_PATH=$(brew --prefix openal-soft)
 CCACHE_EXECUTABLE=$(brew --prefix ccache)/bin/ccache
 
+declare -a CMAKE_CONF_OPTS=(
+-D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT;$QT_PATH;$OPENAL_PATH"
+-D CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="$CCACHE_EXECUTABLE"
+-D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="$CCACHE_EXECUTABLE"
+-D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-stdlib=libc++"
+-D CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="14.5"
+-D OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_BULLET=off
+-D OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_OSG=TRUE
+-D OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_RECASTNAVIGATION=off
+-D Boost_INCLUDE_DIR="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT/include"
+-D OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT/lib/osgPlugins-3.6.5"
+-D ICU_ROOT="$ICU_PATH"
+-D OPENMW_OSX_DEPLOYMENT=TRUE
+)
+
+if [[ "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" ]]; then
+    CMAKE_CONF_OPTS+=(
+        -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+    )
+else
+    CMAKE_CONF_OPTS+=(
+        -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+    )
+fi
+
+if [[ "${FOR_RELEASE}" ]]; then
+    CMAKE_CONF_OPTS+=(
+        -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="-g -O0"
+        -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="-g -O0"
+    )
+fi
+
 cmake \
--D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT;$QT_PATH;$OPENAL_PATH" \
--D CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="$CCACHE_EXECUTABLE" \
--D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER="$CCACHE_EXECUTABLE" \
--D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-stdlib=libc++" \
--D CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="-g -O0" \
--D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="-g -O0" \
--D CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="14.5" \
--D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
--D OPENMW_OSX_DEPLOYMENT=TRUE \
+"${CMAKE_CONF_OPTS[@]}" \
 -D BUILD_OPENMW=TRUE \
 -D BUILD_OPENCS=TRUE \
 -D BUILD_ESMTOOL=TRUE \
@@ -34,11 +58,5 @@ cmake \
 -D BUILD_NIFTEST=TRUE \
 -D BUILD_NAVMESHTOOL=TRUE \
 -D BUILD_BULLETOBJECTTOOL=TRUE \
--D OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_BULLET=off \
--D OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_OSG=TRUE \
--D OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_RECASTNAVIGATION=off \
--D Boost_INCLUDE_DIR="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT/include" \
--D OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT/lib/osgPlugins-3.6.5" \
--D ICU_ROOT="$ICU_PATH" \
 -G"Unix Makefiles" \
 ..