diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fb25d2dd8..96efa97dd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ else()
   option(GTSAM_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY        "Enable/Disable building of a shared version of gtsam" ON)
 endif()
 option(GTSAM_BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY        "Enable/Disable building of a static version of gtsam" ON)
+option(GTSAM_BUILD_TYPE_POSTFIXES        "Enable/Disable appending the build type to the name of compiled libraries" OFF)
 option(GTSAM_USE_QUATERNIONS             "Enable/Disable using an internal Quaternion representation for rotations instead of rotation matrices" OFF)
 if(MSVC)
   option(GTSAM_BUILD_CONVENIENCE_LIBRARIES "Enable/Disable use of convenience libraries for faster development rebuilds, but slower install" OFF)
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ print_config_flag(${GTSAM_BUILD_TESTS}                 "Build Tests
 print_config_flag(${GTSAM_BUILD_WRAP}                  "Build Wrap                     ")
 print_config_flag(${GTSAM_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY}        "Build shared GTSAM Library     ")
 print_config_flag(${GTSAM_BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY}        "Build static GTSAM Library     ")
+print_config_flag(${GTSAM_BUILD_TYPE_POSTFIXES}        "Put build-type in library name ")
 print_config_flag(${GTSAM_BUILD_CONVENIENCE_LIBRARIES} "Build Convenience Libraries    ")
 if(GTSAM_UNSTABLE_AVAILABLE)
     print_config_flag(${GTSAM_BUILD_UNSTABLE}           "Build libgtsam_unstable       ")