diff --git a/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake b/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
index 9a319c058..1d2728fb9 100644
--- a/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
+++ b/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ MACRO(NL_SETUP_BUILD)
     IF(WITH_COVERAGE)
       SET(PLATFORM_CFLAGS "-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage ${PLATFORM_CFLAGS}")
     ENDIF(WITH_COVERAGE)
+
+    IF(APPLE)
+      SET(PLATFORM_CFLAGS "-gdwarf-2 ${PLATFORM_CFLAGS}")
+    ENDIF(APPLE)
+
     SET(PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS ${PLATFORM_CFLAGS})
 
     IF(NOT APPLE)
@@ -317,6 +322,7 @@ MACRO(NL_SETUP_BUILD)
 
     SET(NL_DEBUG_CFLAGS "-DNL_DEBUG -D_DEBUG")
     SET(NL_RELEASE_CFLAGS "-DNL_RELEASE -DNDEBUG -O6")
+
   ENDIF(WIN32)
 
   # Determine host CPU