diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d2c0f655..73805d0d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ if (MSVC)
     endif ()
     # /bigobj (Increase Number of Sections in .Obj file)
     # error C3859: virtual memory range for PCH exceeded; please recompile with a command line option of '-Zm90' or greater
-    add_compile_options(-bigobj -Zm316)
+    # Generate symbols at every build target, even for the release.
+    add_compile_options(-bigobj -Zm316 /Zi)
 endif ()
 
 # Display and check CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b1fcd5612..e2745e4dd 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ if (SLIC3R_GUI)
     endif()
 
     if (MSVC)
+        # Generate debug symbols even in release mode.
+        target_link_options(PrusaSlicer PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:/DEBUG>")
         target_link_libraries(PrusaSlicer user32.lib Setupapi.lib OpenGL32.Lib GlU32.Lib)
     elseif (MINGW)
         target_link_libraries(PrusaSlicer -lopengl32)
@@ -135,11 +137,15 @@ endif ()
 # Also the shim may load the Mesa software OpenGL renderer if the default renderer does not support OpenGL 2.0 and higher.
 if (MSVC)
     add_executable(PrusaSlicer_app_gui WIN32 PrusaSlicer_app_msvc.cpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/PrusaSlicer.rc)
+    # Generate debug symbols even in release mode.
+    target_link_options(PrusaSlicer_app_gui PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:/DEBUG>")
     target_compile_definitions(PrusaSlicer_app_gui PRIVATE -DSLIC3R_WRAPPER_NOCONSOLE)
     add_dependencies(PrusaSlicer_app_gui PrusaSlicer)
     set_target_properties(PrusaSlicer_app_gui PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "prusa-slicer")
 
     add_executable(PrusaSlicer_app_console PrusaSlicer_app_msvc.cpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/PrusaSlicer.rc)
+    # Generate debug symbols even in release mode.
+    target_link_options(PrusaSlicer_app_console PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:/DEBUG>")
     target_compile_definitions(PrusaSlicer_app_console PRIVATE -DSLIC3R_WRAPPER_CONSOLE)
     add_dependencies(PrusaSlicer_app_console PrusaSlicer)
     set_target_properties(PrusaSlicer_app_console PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "prusa-slicer-console")