diff --git a/build/cmake/init.cmake b/build/cmake/init.cmake
index 3c07f15b21..fac5a2be3d 100644
--- a/build/cmake/init.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/init.cmake
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ if(wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION AND MSVC AND (MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1800) )
     add_compile_options("/EHa")
 endif()
 
+if(NOT wxBUILD_DEBUG_LEVEL STREQUAL "Default")
+    add_compile_options("-DwxDEBUG_LEVEL=${wxBUILD_DEBUG_LEVEL}")
+endif()
+
 # Constants for setup.h creation
 set(wxUSE_STD_DEFAULT ON)
 if(wxUSE_UNICODE)
diff --git a/build/cmake/options.cmake b/build/cmake/options.cmake
index b399e7ec2f..19c7344b80 100644
--- a/build/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ wx_option(wxBUILD_COMPATIBILITY
 set(wxBUILD_CUSTOM_SETUP_HEADER_PATH "" CACHE PATH "Include path containing custom wx/setup.h")
 mark_as_advanced(wxBUILD_CUSTOM_SETUP_HEADER_PATH)
 
+wx_option(wxBUILD_DEBUG_LEVEL "Debug Level" Default STRINGS Default 0 1 2)
+mark_as_advanced(wxBUILD_DEBUG_LEVEL)
+
 if(MSVC)
     wx_option(wxBUILD_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME "Link using the static runtime library" OFF)
     wx_option(wxBUILD_MSVC_MULTIPROC "Enable multi-processor compilation for MSVC")