diff --git a/src/Prep/GDALChop/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Prep/GDALChop/CMakeLists.txt
index ab780722..cd24dacc 100644
--- a/src/Prep/GDALChop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Prep/GDALChop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ target_link_libraries(gdalchop
         ${SIMGEAR_CORE_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
 )
 install(TARGETS gdalchop RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+if (MSVC)
+    set_target_properties( gdalchop PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX d )
+endif ()