diff --git a/mkdocs/getting_started.md b/mkdocs/getting_started.md
index 26c4fde8..0ddcb245 100644
--- a/mkdocs/getting_started.md
+++ b/mkdocs/getting_started.md
@@ -201,6 +201,14 @@ There are two different build types that you can build engine3d in, `Release` an
 
 `Debug` is much slower than `Release`. Not recommended because used for testing and enabling debugging information.
 
+When compiling engine3d you can add `-s build_type=Debug` (replacing `Debug`) to specify what configuration you want to build the project.
+
+Building in Conan would be the following
+
+```conan
+conan build . -s build_type=Debug
+```
+
 ---