diff --git a/tools/buildbot/bootstrap.pl b/tools/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
index e1801ddd..9cb2b585 100755
--- a/tools/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
+++ b/tools/buildbot/bootstrap.pl
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ if ($^O eq "linux")
     Build::Command("flip -u tools/versionchanger.pl");
     Build::Command("chmod +x tools/versionchanger.pl");
 }
-Build::Command(Build::PathFormat('tools/versionchanger.pl') . ' --buildstring="-dev"');
+my ($build_type);
+$build_type = Build::GetBuildType(Build::PathFormat('tools/buildbot/build_type'));
+if ($build_type == "dev")
+{
+	Build::Command(Build::PathFormat('tools/versionchanger.pl') . ' --buildstring="-dev"');
+}
 
 #Bootstrap extensions that have complex dependencies
 
diff --git a/tools/buildbot/build_type b/tools/buildbot/build_type
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38f8e886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/buildbot/build_type
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dev
diff --git a/tools/buildbot/helpers.pm b/tools/buildbot/helpers.pm
index 704a7b17..c30bbd5c 100644
--- a/tools/buildbot/helpers.pm
+++ b/tools/buildbot/helpers.pm
@@ -142,4 +142,15 @@ sub SVN_Add
 	chdir($dir);
 }
 
+sub GetBuildType
+{
+	my ($file)=(@_);
+	my ($type);
+	open(TYPE, $file) or die("Could not open file: $!\n");
+	$type = <TYPE>;
+	close(TYPE);
+	chomp $type;
+	return $type;
+}
+
 return 1;
diff --git a/tools/buildbot/symstore.pl b/tools/buildbot/symstore.pl
index 21067700..9c2369c0 100755
--- a/tools/buildbot/symstore.pl
+++ b/tools/buildbot/symstore.pl
@@ -22,13 +22,25 @@ my ($version);
 $version = Build::ProductVersion(Build::PathFormat('product.version'));
 $version .= '-hg' . Build::HgRevNum('.');
 
+my ($build_type);
+$build_type = Build::GetBuildType(Build::PathFormat('tools/buildbot/build_type'));
+
+if ($build_type == "dev")
+{
+	$build_type = "buildbot";
+}
+elsif ($build_type == "rel")
+{
+	$build_type = "release";
+}
+
 my ($line);
 while (<PDBLOG>)
 {
 	$line = $_;
 	$line =~ s/\.pdb/\*/;
 	chomp $line;
-	Build::Command("symstore add /r /f \"$line\" /s ..\\..\\symstore /t \"SourceMod\" /v \"$version\" /c \"buildbot\"");
+	Build::Command("symstore add /r /f \"$line\" /s ..\\..\\symstore /t \"SourceMod\" /v \"$version\" /c \"$build_type\"");
 }
 
 close(PDBLOG);