diff --git a/mingw-w64-highfive/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-highfive/PKGBUILD
index b3ab0508f350c..7547a88b5a75e 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-highfive/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-highfive/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _realname=highfive
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 pkgver=2.10.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='Modern header-only C++11 friendly interface for libhdf5 (mingw-w64)'
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clangarm64')
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ source=("https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/archive/v${pkgver}/${_realname}-$
 sha256sums=('c29e8e1520e7298fabb26545f804e35bb3af257005c1c2df62e39986458d7c38')
 
 build() {
-  mkdir -p "${srcdir}/build-${MSYSTEM}" && cd "${srcdir}/build-${MSYSTEM}"
+  declare -a extra_config
+  if check_option "debug" "n"; then
+    extra_config+=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release")
+  else
+    extra_config+=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug")
+  fi
 
   # HIGHFIVE_* options only affect tests (at package-build time),
   # not what is installed
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ build() {
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake \
     -GNinja \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    "{extra_config[@]}" \
     -DHIGHFIVE_USE_BOOST=ON \
     -DHIGHFIVE_USE_EIGEN=ON \
     -DHIGHFIVE_USE_XTENSOR=OFF \
@@ -48,22 +53,25 @@ build() {
     -DHIGHFIVE_PARALLEL_HDF5=OFF \
     -DHIGHFIVE_BUILD_DOCS=OFF \
     -DCMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY="${srcdir}/build-${MSYSTEM}" \
-    -S ../HighFive-${pkgver} -B .
+    -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=OFF \
+    -S HighFive-${pkgver} \
+    -B build-${MSYSTEM}
 
-  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --build .
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --build build-${MSYSTEM}
 }
 
 check() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/build-${MSYSTEM}"
+  cd "${srcdir}"/build-${MSYSTEM}
 
   # run unit tests
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/ctest
 }
 
 package() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/build-${MSYSTEM}"
+  cd "${srcdir}"/build-${MSYSTEM}
 
   DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --install .
 
-  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/HighFive-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/licenses/${_realname}/"
+  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}"/HighFive-${pkgver}/LICENSE \
+    -t "${pkgdir}"${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/licenses/${_realname}/
 }