diff --git a/cli/cli.vcxproj b/cli/cli.vcxproj
index 1be6585a5..0b240a1ee 100644
--- a/cli/cli.vcxproj
+++ b/cli/cli.vcxproj
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>../externals;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.vcxproj b/lib/cppcheck.vcxproj
index a35f3cdd4..706a0102d 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.vcxproj
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.vcxproj
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>../externals;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <SetChecksum>true</SetChecksum>
diff --git a/test/testrunner.vcxproj b/test/testrunner.vcxproj
index 86032280d..2f8c82760 100644
--- a/test/testrunner.vcxproj
+++ b/test/testrunner.vcxproj
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
       <AdditionalDependencies>shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>../externals;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <DataExecutionPrevention>true</DataExecutionPrevention>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <IgnoreImportLibrary>true</IgnoreImportLibrary>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>