diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94d97899..c70d8b15 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 include(GenerateExportHeader)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -pedantic -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
-if(WIN32)
+# Increases the stack size to 8MB for Windows, only when not building in Debug mode
+# because we don't want random users being affected by stack overflows in release builds,
+# but it's fine in debug builds for finding and fixing them
+if((NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug") AND WIN32)
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--stack,8388608 ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
 endif()