diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c0a56783d..1e925df2c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ if (BUILD_FRAMEWORK)
   )
 endif ()
 
+set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX d)
 
 add_library(freetype
   ${PUBLIC_HEADERS}
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fd449137f..fee798c0a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-11-27  Tamas Kenez  <tamas.kenez@adasworks.com>
+
+	* CMakeLists.txt: Set CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX to `d'.
+
 2015-11-27  Tamas Kenez  <tamas.kenez@adasworks.com>
 
 	[cmake] Add better control of library dependencies.