diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-hermes-xcode.sh b/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-hermes-xcode.sh
index 88ddd365932..b1ac920f395 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-hermes-xcode.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-hermes-xcode.sh
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ function get_deployment_target {
 }
 
 enable_debugger="false"
-if [[ "$CONFIGURATION" == "Debug" ]]; then
+if [[ "$CONFIGURATION" = *Debug* ]]; then
   enable_debugger="true"
 fi
 
 cmake_build_type=""
-if [[ $CONFIGURATION == "Debug" ]]; then
+if [[ "$CONFIGURATION" = *Debug* ]]; then
   # JS developers aren't VM developers.
   # Therefore we're passing as build type Release, to provide a faster build.
   cmake_build_type="Release"