diff --git a/builds/win32/make_icu.bat b/builds/win32/make_icu.bat
index eb3b85705d..d595c49d24 100644
--- a/builds/win32/make_icu.bat
+++ b/builds/win32/make_icu.bat
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if errorlevel 1 call :ERROR Release build failed
 if "%VS_VER%"=="msvc6" (
 	@msdev %ROOT_PATH%\extern\icu\source\allinone\allinone.dsw /MAKE "all - Win32 Debug" %CLEAN% /OUT make_icu.log
 ) else (
-	@devenv %ROOT_PATH%\extern\icu\source\allinone\allinone.sln %CLEAN% release /OUT make_icu.log
+	@devenv %ROOT_PATH%\extern\icu\source\allinone\allinone.sln %CLEAN% debug /OUT make_icu.log
 )
 if errorlevel 1 call :ERROR Debug build failed
 @goto :EOF
diff --git a/builds/win32/prepare.bat b/builds/win32/prepare.bat
index a714b23bf8..9da008c9bf 100644
--- a/builds/win32/prepare.bat
+++ b/builds/win32/prepare.bat
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 @echo.
 @echo Completed Preparations for build
-@echo    You may now run make_icu.bat [CLEAN]
+@echo    You may now run make_icu.bat [DEBUG] [CLEAN]
 @echo    You may now run make_boot.bat [DEBUG] [CLEAN]
 @echo.