diff --git a/freeglut/freeglut/CMakeLists.txt b/freeglut/freeglut/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f403af..532b6b5 100644
--- a/freeglut/freeglut/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/freeglut/freeglut/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ ENDIF()
 
 INCLUDE(CheckFunctionExists)
 INCLUDE(CheckTypeSize)
+INCLUDE(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(sys/types.h HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H)
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(unistd.h 	HAVE_UNISTD_H)
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(sys/time.h 	HAVE_SYS_TIME_H)
@@ -466,7 +467,14 @@ ELSE()
         IF ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
             SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -mandroid")
         ENDIF()
-        SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -O0 -gstabs+")
+        CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG(-O0 HAVE_O0_FLAG)
+        IF(HAVE_O0_FLAG)
+            SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -O0")
+        ENDIF()
+        CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG(-gstabs+ HAVE_GSTABSP_FLAG)
+        IF(HAVE_gstabsp_FLAG)
+            SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -gstabs+")
+        ENDIF()
     ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 IF(FREEGLUT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)