diff --git a/cmake/install_macros.cmake b/cmake/install_macros.cmake
index f2e474395dc..b1af0bbdf39 100644
--- a/cmake/install_macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/install_macros.cmake
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ FUNCTION (INSTALL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS)
   )
   
   IF(NOT ARG_COMPONENT)
-    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "No COMPONENT passed to  INSTALL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS")
+    SET(ARG_COMPONENT DebugBinaries)
   ENDIF()
   IF(NOT ARG_INSTALL_LOCATION)
-    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "No INSTALL_LOCATION passed to INSTALL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS")
+    SET(ARG_INSTALL_LOCATION lib)
   ENDIF()
   SET(targets ${ARG_DEFAULT_ARGS})
   FOREACH(target ${targets})