diff --git a/reactos/CMakeLists.txt b/reactos/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ffb68e4181..7a7c2cad321 100644
--- a/reactos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reactos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ else()
     add_subdirectory(include/asm)
 
     include(cmake/baseaddress.cmake)
+    
+    # For MSVC builds, this puts all debug symbols file in the same directory.
+    set(CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${REACTOS_BINARY_DIR}/msvc_pdb")
 
     #begin with boot so reactos_cab target is defined before all other modules
     add_subdirectory(boot)