diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 08ac017a..110ebf11 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY bin)
 set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY lib)
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY lib)
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -std=c99")
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-DDEBUG=1")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -DDEBUG=1")
 
 # external libraries
 add_library(xfile STATIC extlib/xfile/xfile.c)