diff --git a/CMake/FlagsOverride.cmake b/CMake/FlagsOverride.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39c55aa62a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMake/FlagsOverride.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
+  foreach(f CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO)
+	  if("${${f}}" MATCHES "/Zi")
+		  string(REGEX REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" "${f}" "${${f}}")
+		endif()
+	endforeach()
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dfccece1d5..2ce7c445b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64")
 # handle configuration options
 set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.12.0" CACHE STRING "")
 
+set(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE "CMake/FlagsOverride.cmake")
+
 project(dolphin-emu)
 
 # Name of the Dolphin distributor. If you redistribute Dolphin builds (forks,