diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a6d7e4ad..716e8d29b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -355,6 +355,18 @@ elseif( CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC" )
    if( NOT IS_64BIT )
       set( SSE_FLAG "/arch:SSE2" )
    endif()
+
+   # required for sccache
+   if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+      string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+      string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+    elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
+      string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+      string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+    elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo")
+      string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
+      string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 check_include_files( "float.h;stdarg.h;stdlib.h;string.h" STDC_HEADERS )