diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 18519c798..84de4d1db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@ if (SDL_ASAN)
   asan_check_add_debug_flag("leak")
   # The object size sanitizer has no effect on unoptimized builds on Clang,
   # but causes warnings.
-  if((NOT USE_CLANG) OR (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL ""))
+  if((NOT USE_CLANG) OR ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL ""))
     asan_check_add_debug_flag("object-size")
   endif()
 endif()
@@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@ foreach(_OPT ${ALLOPTIONS})
   string(RANDOM LENGTH ${_PADLEN} ALPHABET " " _PADDING)
   message_tested_option(${_OPT} ${_PADDING})
 endforeach()
-if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+if("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Debug")
   message(STATUS "")
   message(STATUS " CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG:   ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
   message(STATUS " CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")