diff --git a/devtools/create_project/xcode.cpp b/devtools/create_project/xcode.cpp
index 36275521771..18c44ed4782 100644
--- a/devtools/create_project/xcode.cpp
+++ b/devtools/create_project/xcode.cpp
@@ -982,6 +982,10 @@ void XcodeProvider::setupBuildConfiguration(const BuildSetup &setup) {
 	REMOVE_SETTING(scummvm_Release, "GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE");
 	REMOVE_SETTING(scummvm_Release, "ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH");
 	REMOVE_SETTING(scummvm_Release, "ENABLE_TESTABILITY");
+	REMOVE_SETTING(scummvm_Release, "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS");
+	ValueList scummvm_Release_defines(scummvm_defines);
+	ADD_DEFINE(scummvm_Release_defines, "RELEASE_BUILD");
+	ADD_SETTING_LIST(scummvm_Release, "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS", scummvm_Release_defines, kSettingsNoQuote | kSettingsAsList, 5);
 
 	scummvm_Release_Object->addProperty("name", "Release", "", kSettingsNoValue);
 	scummvm_Release_Object->_properties["buildSettings"] = scummvm_Release;