diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2711a222a6..7d390ca9a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ if (WIN32)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+# Output directory for PDB files. PDBs are only generated on Windows with MSVC.
+# We set a common directory for all PDBs to avoid littering the Binaries/ directory.
+set(CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY $<1:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/pdb>)
+
 # setup CCache
 include(CCache)