diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d5ebfa61a..ec73707d0a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ if (WIN32)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+# Output directory for PDB files. PDBs are only generated on Windows with MSVC.
+# We set a common directory for all PDBs to avoid littering the Binaries/ directory.
+set(CMAKE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY $<1:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/pdb>)
+
 if(ENABLE_CCACHE)
   include(CCache)
   if(NOT CCACHE_BIN)