diff --git a/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f7d6e0f..9b552150 100644
--- a/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ if(WIN32)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -mthreads")
     set(framework_DEFINITIONS ${framework_DEFINITIONS} -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501)
     set(framework_DEFINITIONS ${framework_DEFINITIONS} -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB) # fix boost thread linkage
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS} -Wl,--large-address-aware") # strip all debug information
 else()
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pthread")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS} -rdynamic")