diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 03aed1861d..fa8128128c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -596,6 +596,12 @@ if(MSVC)
 
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL} /Zi")
   set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL} /DEBUG /OPT:REF /OPT:ICF")
+
+  if(NO_PDB)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "/Zi" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "/Zi" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASEINTERNAL}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # spectre mitigation