diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 49dc5f6d3..23a1ea33f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 * makefile: added MULTI option to build libpd with multiple instance support
 * makefile: now installs libpd .def and .lib files on Windows
 * makefile: C++ headers are now conditionally installed if built with UTIL=true
+* makefile: DEBUG option now sets -g instead of -Wall
 * makefile: use install command and set permissions
 * makefile: fixed install bug when libdir doesn't exist (Wim Muskee)
 * makefile: added BSD build support (Luc Hondareyte)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce35b2df0..1760c1ceb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ endif
 # conditional optimizations or debug settings
 OPT_CFLAGS = -O3
 ifeq ($(DEBUG), true)
-    OPT_CFLAGS = -Wall
+    OPT_CFLAGS = -g
 endif
 
 # conditional to set numeric locale to default "C"