diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 07f73056575..3426320c533 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -267,8 +267,10 @@ IF (ENABLE_GCOV AND NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
 ENDIF()
 
 MY_CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG(-ggdb3 HAVE_GGDB3)
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -ggdb3")
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -ggdb3")
+IF(HAVE_GGDB3)
+  SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -ggdb3")
+  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -ggdb3")
+ENDIF(HAVE_GGDB3)
 
 OPTION(ENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE
  "If we should should enable LOAD DATA LOCAL by default" ${IF_WIN})