diff --git a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
index e462f04382..a54e5b2335 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     <set var="IS_MSVC_PRJ">
         $(FORMAT in ['msvc6prj','msevc4prj','msvs2003prj','msvs2005prj','msvs2008prj'])
     </set>
+    <set var="IS_MSVC">
+        $(IS_MSVC_PRJ=='1' or FORMAT=='msvc')
+    </set>
+
 
     <set var="BUILDING_LIB" overwrite="0">0</set>
 
@@ -107,9 +111,15 @@ Accepted values: AMD64, IA64.
         <set var="TARGET_CPU"/>
     </if>
 
+    <!--
+        For MSVC enable debug information in all builds: it is needed to be
+        able to debug the crash dumps produced by wxDebugReport and as it
+        generates it in separate PDB files it doesn't cost us much to enable it
+        (except for disk space...).
+     -->
     <set var="DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT">
-        <if cond="IS_MSVC_PRJ=='1'">1</if>
-        <if cond="IS_MSVC_PRJ=='0'">default</if>
+        <if cond="IS_MSVC=='1'">1</if>
+        <if cond="IS_MSVC=='0'">default</if>
     </set>
 
     <option name="DEBUG_INFO">
diff --git a/build/msw/config.vc b/build/msw/config.vc
index 5fe8154fdd..9ddf90da21 100644
--- a/build/msw/config.vc
+++ b/build/msw/config.vc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ TARGET_CPU = $(CPU)
 # Should debugging info be included in the executables? The default value
 # "default" means that debug info will be included if BUILD=debug
 # and not included if BUILD=release. [0,1,default]
-DEBUG_INFO = default
+DEBUG_INFO = 1
 
 # Should __WXDEBUG__ be defined? The default value "default" means that it will
 # be defined if BUILD=debug and not defined if BUILD=release. [0,1,default]