diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3368e4dd..882aa90e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ option(SPDLOG_ENABLE_PCH "Build static or shared library using precompiled heade
 # build position independent code
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_PIC "Build position independent code (-fPIC)" OFF)
 
+# debug build postfix
+set(SPDLOG_DEBUG_POSTFIX "d" CACHE STRING "Filename postfix for libraries in debug builds")
+
 # example options
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE "Build example" ${SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT})
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO "Build header only example" OFF)
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ spdlog_enable_warnings(spdlog)
 
 set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES VERSION ${SPDLOG_VERSION} SOVERSION
                                                                   ${SPDLOG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SPDLOG_VERSION_MINOR})
-set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX d)
+set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX ${SPDLOG_DEBUG_POSTFIX})
 
 if(COMMAND target_precompile_headers AND SPDLOG_ENABLE_PCH)
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/pch.h.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/spdlog_pch.h @ONLY)