diff --git a/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake b/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
index 63e168af90..1a2dff080f 100644
--- a/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ while(configure_args)
         set(build_configs "Debug")
     elseif(arg STREQUAL "-debug-and-release")
         set(build_configs Debug Release)
+    elseif(arg STREQUAL "-force-debug-info")
+        set(force_debug_info ON)
     elseif(arg STREQUAL "--")
         # Everything after this argument will be passed to CMake verbatim.
         push(${configure_args})
@@ -121,6 +123,10 @@ while(configure_args)
     endif()
 endwhile()
 
+if(force_debug_info)
+    list(TRANSFORM build_configs REPLACE "^Release$" "RelWithDebInfo")
+endif()
+
 list(LENGTH build_configs nr_of_build_configs)
 if(nr_of_build_configs EQUAL 1)
     push("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${build_configs}")