diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a6955f26f4f4af2f9fbccae72234bfe4ce9fe693..a28a9c1b1428743e7272d33b2517b99a10d8d3ab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     #endif()
 
     set(EXTRA_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${EXTRA_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -DNDEBUG")
-    set(EXTRA_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${EXTRA_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -O0 -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG")
+    set(EXTRA_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${EXTRA_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -O0 -ggdb3 -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG")
 endif()
 
 # Extra link libs if the user selects building static libs: