diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dee9b80..d1b8449 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project (mraa)
 
 FIND_PACKAGE (Threads)
 
-set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -Wall")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -Wall -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -Wall")
 
 # Appends the cmake/modules path to MAKE_MODULE_PATH variable.