diff --git a/SuperBuild/External-CLOUDFLARE-ZLIB.cmake b/SuperBuild/External-CLOUDFLARE-ZLIB.cmake
index 9bc4d691..4c6a6acb 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/External-CLOUDFLARE-ZLIB.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/External-CLOUDFLARE-ZLIB.cmake
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ ExternalProject_Add(zlib
     BINARY_DIR cloudflare-zlib-build
     CMAKE_ARGS
         -Wno-dev
+        ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_BUILD_TYPE_CMAKE_ARGS}
         ${OSX_ARCHITECTURES}
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+        # Compiler settings
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+        # Install directories
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${DEP_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
 
diff --git a/SuperBuild/External-OPENJPEG.cmake b/SuperBuild/External-OPENJPEG.cmake
index f1175884..1d99ac28 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/External-OPENJPEG.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/External-OPENJPEG.cmake
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ ExternalProject_Add(openjpeg
     CMAKE_ARGS
         -Wno-dev
         --no-warn-unused-cli
+        ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_BUILD_TYPE_CMAKE_ARGS}
         ${OSX_ARCHITECTURES}
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+        # Compiler settings
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+        # Not used -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+        # Install directories
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${DEP_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
 
diff --git a/SuperBuild/External-YAML-CPP.cmake b/SuperBuild/External-YAML-CPP.cmake
index 95d009f0..ed85ca76 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/External-YAML-CPP.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/External-YAML-CPP.cmake
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ ExternalProject_Add(yaml-cpp
     CMAKE_ARGS
         -Wno-dev
         --no-warn-unused-cli
+        ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_BUILD_TYPE_CMAKE_ARGS}
         ${OSX_ARCHITECTURES}
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+        # Compiler settings
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+        # Install directories
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${DEP_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
 
diff --git a/SuperBuild/SuperBuild.cmake b/SuperBuild/SuperBuild.cmake
index d0635308..98f20c6c 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/SuperBuild.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/SuperBuild.cmake
@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@ if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find Git. Git is required for Superbuild")
 endif()
 
-# Basic CMake build settings
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING
-        "Choose the type of build, options are: Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel." FORCE)
-    set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS  "Debug;Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel")
-endif()
+include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/dcm2niixInitializeBuildType.cmake)
+
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
 option(USE_STATIC_RUNTIME "Use static runtime" ON)
@@ -151,17 +147,23 @@ ExternalProject_Add(console
     CMAKE_ARGS
         -Wno-dev
         --no-warn-unused-cli
+        ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_BUILD_TYPE_CMAKE_ARGS}
         ${OSX_ARCHITECTURES}
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+        # Install directories
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+        # Compiler settings
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
         -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
         -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
+        # Options
         -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=${CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE}
         -DUSE_STATIC_RUNTIME:BOOL=${USE_STATIC_RUNTIME}
         -DUSE_TURBOJPEG:BOOL=${USE_TURBOJPEG}
         -DUSE_JASPER:BOOL=${USE_JASPER}
         -DUSE_JPEGLS:BOOL=${USE_JPEGLS}
         -DUSE_JNIFTI:BOOL=${USE_JNIFTI}
+        # ZLIB
         -DZLIB_IMPLEMENTATION:STRING=${ZLIB_IMPLEMENTATION}
         -DZLIB_ROOT:PATH=${ZLIB_ROOT}
          # OpenJPEG
diff --git a/cmake/dcm2niixInitializeBuildType.cmake b/cmake/dcm2niixInitializeBuildType.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b21ba4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/dcm2niixInitializeBuildType.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# This module allows to consistently manage the initialization and setting of build type
+# CMake variables.
+#
+# It sets the variable EXTERNAL_PROJECT_BUILD_TYPE_CMAKE_ARGS based on the CMake generator
+# being used:
+# * If a multi-config generator (e.g Visual Studio) is used, it sets the variable with
+#   CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES.
+# * If a single-config generator (e.g Unix Makefiles) is used, it sets the variable with
+#   CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.
+#
+# Adapted from https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/blob/5.2/CMake/SlicerInitializeBuildType.cmake
+
+# Default build type to use if none was specified
+if(NOT DEFINED dcm2niix_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE)
+    set(dcm2niix_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
+endif()
+
+# Set a default build type if none was specified
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+
+    message(STATUS "Setting build type to '${dcm2niix_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}' as none was specified.")
+
+    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE ${dcm2niix_DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE} CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
+    mark_as_advanced(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+
+    # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui
+    set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS
+        "Debug"
+        "Release"
+        "MinSizeRel"
+        "RelWithDebInfo"
+        )
+endif()
+
+# Pass variables to dependent projects
+if(COMMAND ExternalProject_Add)
+    if(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+        set(EXTERNAL_PROJECT_BUILD_TYPE_CMAKE_ARGS
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+            )
+    else()
+        set(EXTERNAL_PROJECT_BUILD_TYPE_CMAKE_ARGS
+            -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES:STRING=${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}
+            )
+    endif()
+endif()
+