diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b56406d..c3aa64c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ ADD_RESOURCES(embeddedResources
         )
 
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG")
+
 execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags --always OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_REPO_VERSION)
 
 add_executable(rrc-as src/rrcas.cpp ${SOURCE_FILES} ${embeddedResources})