diff --git a/deps/Boost/Boost.cmake b/deps/Boost/Boost.cmake
index d20f6f97ad..e8aebb1b92 100644
--- a/deps/Boost/Boost.cmake
+++ b/deps/Boost/Boost.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ if (APPLE AND CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES)
     set(_context_arch_line "-DBOOST_CONTEXT_ARCHITECTURE:STRING=${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
 endif ()
 
+set(_options "")
+if (MSVC AND DEP_DEBUG)
+    set(_options "FORWARD_CONFIG")
+endif ()
+
 orcaslicer_add_cmake_project(Boost
+    ${_options}
     URL "https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-1.84.0/boost-1.84.0.tar.gz"
     URL_HASH SHA256=4d27e9efed0f6f152dc28db6430b9d3dfb40c0345da7342eaa5a987dde57bd95
     LIST_SEPARATOR |
diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index dbbf9a0463..26a1860e33 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -155,17 +155,25 @@ if (NOT _is_multi AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif ()
 
 function(orcaslicer_add_cmake_project projectname)
-    cmake_parse_arguments(P_ARGS "" "INSTALL_DIR;BUILD_COMMAND;INSTALL_COMMAND" "CMAKE_ARGS" ${ARGN})
+    cmake_parse_arguments(P_ARGS "FORWARD_CONFIG" "INSTALL_DIR;BUILD_COMMAND;INSTALL_COMMAND" "CMAKE_ARGS" ${ARGN})
 
     set(_configs_line -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
     if (_is_multi OR MSVC)
-        if (ORCA_INCLUDE_DEBUG_INFO AND NOT DEP_DEBUG)
+        if (P_ARGS_FORWARD_CONFIG)
+            set(_configs_line -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
+        elseif (ORCA_INCLUDE_DEBUG_INFO AND NOT DEP_DEBUG)
             set(_configs_line "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO} -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
         else ()
             set(_configs_line "")
         endif ()
     endif ()
 
+    if (P_ARGS_FORWARD_CONFIG)
+        set(_target_config "$<CONFIG>")
+    else()
+        set(_target_config "Release")
+    endif()
+
     if (MSVC)
       set(_gen CMAKE_GENERATOR "${DEP_MSVC_GEN}" CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM "${DEP_PLATFORM}")
     else()
@@ -208,8 +216,8 @@ if (NOT IS_CROSS_COMPILE OR NOT APPLE)
             ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
             ${P_ARGS_CMAKE_ARGS}
        ${P_ARGS_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}
-       BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --config Release -- ${_build_j}
-       INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --target install --config Release
+       BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --config ${_target_config} -- ${_build_j}
+       INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --target install --config ${_target_config}
     )
 
     if (FLATPAK)
@@ -251,8 +259,8 @@ else()
             ${DEP_CMAKE_OPTS}
             ${P_ARGS_CMAKE_ARGS}
        ${P_ARGS_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}
-       BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --config Release -- ${_build_j}
-       INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --target install --config Release
+       BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --config ${_target_config} -- ${_build_j}
+       INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --target install --config ${_target_config}
     )
 
 endif()
diff --git a/deps/Draco/Draco.cmake b/deps/Draco/Draco.cmake
index 45e349cb19..02ac7efe13 100644
--- a/deps/Draco/Draco.cmake
+++ b/deps/Draco/Draco.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
+set(_options "")
+if (MSVC AND DEP_DEBUG)
+    set(_options "FORWARD_CONFIG")
+endif ()
+
 orcaslicer_add_cmake_project(Draco
+    ${_options}
     URL https://github.com/google/draco/archive/refs/tags/1.5.7.zip
     URL_HASH SHA256=27b72ba2d5ff3d0a9814ad40d4cb88f8dc89a35491c0866d952473f8f9416b77
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/OpenCV/OpenCV.cmake b/deps/OpenCV/OpenCV.cmake
index 4b3fcf0151..6a76c18137 100644
--- a/deps/OpenCV/OpenCV.cmake
+++ b/deps/OpenCV/OpenCV.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 if (MSVC)
     set(_use_IPP "-DWITH_IPP=ON")
+    if (DEP_DEBUG)
+        set(_options "FORWARD_CONFIG")
+    endif ()
 else ()
     set(_use_IPP "-DWITH_IPP=OFF")
+    set(_options "")
 endif ()
 
 if (IN_GIT_REPO)
@@ -9,6 +13,7 @@ if (IN_GIT_REPO)
 endif ()
 
 orcaslicer_add_cmake_project(OpenCV
+    ${_options}
     URL https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/refs/tags/4.6.0.tar.gz
     URL_HASH SHA256=1ec1cba65f9f20fe5a41fda1586e01c70ea0c9a6d7b67c9e13edf0cfe2239277
     PATCH_COMMAND git apply ${OpenCV_DIRECTORY_FLAG} --verbose --ignore-space-change --whitespace=fix ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-vs.patch  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0002-clang19-macos.patch