diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c10d2100..9973c80a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ AM_COND_IF([BUILDOPT_IS_DEVEL_BUILD],
             AC_DEFINE([BUILDOPT_IS_DEVEL_BUILD], [1], [Define if doing a development build])
             release_build_type=devel,
             release_build_type=release)
+OSTREE_FEATURES="$OSTREE_FEATURES $release_build_type"
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index 3f627304..4a11183e 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set -xeuo pipefail
 echo '1..3'
 
 released_syms=${G_TEST_SRCDIR}/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
-if echo "$OSTREE_FEATURES" | grep --quiet --no-messages "DevelBuild"; then
+if echo "$OSTREE_FEATURES" | grep --quiet --no-messages "devel"; then
     devel_syms=${G_TEST_SRCDIR}/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
 else
     devel_syms=