diff --git a/.travis/linux-mingw/docker.sh b/.travis/linux-mingw/docker.sh
index 051c06ad6..b3993dae9 100755
--- a/.travis/linux-mingw/docker.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux-mingw/docker.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cd /citra
 echo 'max_size = 3.0G' > "$HOME/.ccache/ccache.conf"
 
 mkdir build && cd build
-cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$(pwd)/../CMakeModules/MinGWCross.cmake" -DUSE_CCACHE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_QT_TRANSLATION=ON -DCITRA_ENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_REPORTING=${ENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_REPORTING:-"OFF"} -DENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_LIST_DOWNLOAD=ON -DUSE_DISCORD_PRESENCE=ON -DENABLE_MF=ON -DENABLE_FFMPEG=ON -DCMAKE_NO_SYSTEM_FROM_IMPORTED=TRUE
+cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$(pwd)/../CMakeModules/MinGWCross.cmake" -DUSE_CCACHE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_QT_TRANSLATION=ON -DCITRA_ENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_REPORTING=${ENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_REPORTING:-"OFF"} -DENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_LIST_DOWNLOAD=ON -DUSE_DISCORD_PRESENCE=ON -DENABLE_MF=ON -DENABLE_FFMPEG=ON -DCMAKE_NO_SYSTEM_FROM_IMPORTED=TRUE -DCOMPILE_WITH_DWARF=OFF
 ninja
 
 echo "Tests skipped"
@@ -27,10 +27,4 @@ cp -rv "${QT_PLATFORM_DLL_PATH}/../mediaservice/" package/
 cp -rv "${QT_PLATFORM_DLL_PATH}/../imageformats/" package/
 rm -f package/mediaservice/*d.dll
 
-for i in package/*.exe; do
-  # we need to process pdb here, however, cv2pdb
-  # does not work here, so we just simply strip all the debug symbols
-  x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip "${i}"
-done
-
 python3 .travis/linux-mingw/scan_dll.py package/*.exe package/imageformats/*.dll "package/"
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43bdfcbc9..ce6cf9ee8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ option(USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE "Enables Discord Rich Presence" OFF)
 
 CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(ENABLE_MF "Use Media Foundation decoder (preferred over FFmpeg)" ON "WIN32" OFF)
 
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(COMPILE_WITH_DWARF "Add DWARF debugging information" ON "MINGW" OFF)
+
 if(NOT EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/hooks/pre-commit)
     message(STATUS "Copying pre-commit hook")
     file(COPY hooks/pre-commit
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a6fb5c8f2..663a9493f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ else()
 
     if (MINGW)
         add_definitions(-DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API)
-        add_compile_options("-gdwarf")
+        if (COMPILE_WITH_DWARF)
+            add_compile_options("-gdwarf")
+        endif()
 
         if (MINGW_STATIC_BUILD)
             add_definitions(-DQT_STATICPLUGIN)