diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index deb5ce96..9771bb88 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if(NOT REVISION)
 endif(NOT REVISION)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT "-g -O0 -ggdb")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "")
 include(GNUInstallDirs)