diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9fae0d552e5dcce700ae3268a4d956ed189ea9ef..c71f8cc082c79f9255c2f0a2c1d56ae8c53e7643 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0 -DDEBUG -ggdb3 -W -Wall -ansi ${STRICT_FLAGS} $ENV{CXXFLAGS}"
 				CACHE STRING "Flags used by the CXX compiler during debug builds." FORCE)
 
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-O2 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer" 
+				CACHE STRING "Flags used by the CXX compiler during relwithdebiginfo builds" FORCE)
+
+
 	endif(NOT CONFIGURED)
 
 endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)