diff --git a/OpenCVModule.cmake b/OpenCVModule.cmake
index 13ea835fa..f922dde11 100644
--- a/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ macro(define_opencv_module name)
                 )
         endif()
         set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES
-            LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:libc"
+            LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:libc /DEBUG"
             )
     endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index f613ffdeb..80e9d45c9 100644
--- a/modules/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES
                       DEFINE_SYMBOL "CVAPI_EXPORTS"
                       ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/"
                       RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/"
+                      LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:libc /DEBUG"
                       )
 
 install(TARGETS ${the_target}
diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a268bff3..92c7cab8c 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES
 	)
 
 if(MSVC)
-	set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:atlthunk.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:atlsd.lib")
+	set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:atlthunk.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:atlsd.lib /DEBUG")
 endif(MSVC)
 
 # Dependencies of this target: