diff --git a/addons/godot_xterm/native/build.sh b/addons/godot_xterm/native/build.sh
index 3cce71e..d545a18 100755
--- a/addons/godot_xterm/native/build.sh
+++ b/addons/godot_xterm/native/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
+# Parse args.
+args=$@
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  key="$1"
+  case $key in
+    -t|--target)
+      target="$2"
+      shift
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --disable-pty)
+      disable_pty="yes"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Usage: ./build.sh [-t|--target <release|debug>] [--disable_pty]";
+      exit 128
+      shift
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+# Set defaults.
+target=${target:-debug}
+disable_pty=${disable_pty:-no}
+nproc=$(nproc || sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+
 
 #GODOT_DIR Get the absolute path to the directory this script is in.
 NATIVE_DIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
@@ -9,7 +35,7 @@ NATIVE_DIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
 # Run script inside a nix shell if it is available.
 if command -v nix-shell && [ $NIX_PATH ] && [ -z $IN_NIX_SHELL ]; then
 	cd ${NATIVE_DIR}
-	nix-shell --pure --run "NIX_PATH=${NIX_PATH} ./build.sh $1"
+	nix-shell --pure --run "NIX_PATH=${NIX_PATH} ./build.sh $args"
 	exit
 fi
 
@@ -31,20 +57,23 @@ updateSubmodules GODOT_CPP_DIR ${NATIVE_DIR}/thirdparty/godot-cpp
 
 # Build godot-cpp bindings.
 cd ${GODOT_CPP_DIR}
-scons generate_bindings=yes target=debug -j$(nproc)
+echo "scons generate_bindings=yes target=$target -j$nproc"
+scons generate_bindings=yes target=$target -j$nproc
 
 # Build libuv as a static library.
 cd ${LIBUV_DIR}
 mkdir build || true
 cd build
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$target -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE
 cd ..
-cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
+cmake --build build --config $target -j$nproc
 
 # Build libgodot-xterm.
 cd ${NATIVE_DIR}
-scons target=debug -j$(nproc)
+scons target=$target disable_pty=$disable_pty -j$nproc
 
 # Use Docker to build libgodot-xterm javascript.
-UID_GID="0:0" docker-compose build javascript
-UID_GID="$(id -u):$(id -g)" docker-compose run javascript
+if [ -x "$(command -v docker-compose)" ]; then
+	UID_GID="0:0" TARGET=$target docker-compose build javascript
+	UID_GID="$(id -u):$(id -g)" TARGET=$target docker-compose run javascript
+fi
diff --git a/addons/godot_xterm/native/docker-compose.yaml b/addons/godot_xterm/native/docker-compose.yaml
index b1a9731..abb5e8b 100644
--- a/addons/godot_xterm/native/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/addons/godot_xterm/native/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ services:
       - -c
       - |
         cd /src/thirdparty/godot-cpp
-        scons platform=javascript target=debug -j$$(nproc)
+        scons platform=javascript target=$${TARGET:-debug} -j$$(nproc)
         cd /src
-        scons platform=javascript target=debug -j$$(nproc)
+        scons platform=javascript target=$${TARGET:-debug} -j$$(nproc)