diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/podio/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/podio/package.py
index 5ed4d38a985..b0af667c785 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/podio/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/podio/package.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Podio(CMakePackage):
 
     variant('build_type', default='Release',
             description='The build type to build',
-            values=('Debug', 'Release'))
+            values=('Debug', 'RelWithDebInfo', 'MinSizeRel', 'Release'))
 
     variant('sio', default=False,
             description='Build the SIO I/O backend')