diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d01fc3f3..4b62ef95c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -DDEBUG")
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-DDEBUG")
+if(NOT WIN32)
+	list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")
+endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_STATIC)
 	set(LINPHONE_LIBS_FOR_TOOLS linphone-static)