diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 684b18f49846cc9c10f1c673d86e419a8a616a0e..d111b018afaf275ac75e85c9e5cada1646d3cf6f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ endif()
 
 # set Debug/Release options
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -pthread -Wall -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -Wno-unused-variable" )
-set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g" )
+set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -DPACKAGE -DPACKAGE_VERSION" )
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -march=native -mtune=native -DNDEBUG" )
 #set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -march=native -mtune=native -DNDEBUG -ftree-vectorizer-verbose=1 -ftree-vectorize -fopt-info-vec-missed -funroll-loops" )
 # pass -rdynamic only in Debug mode
 set( CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS "" )
-set( CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-rdynamic" )
+set( CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-rdynamic -lbfd" )
 set( CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "" )
 set( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "" )
 set( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "-rdynamic -lbfd" )