--- a/CMakeLists.txt	Fri Mar 10 11:42:25 2023 +0100
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	Tue Aug 22 08:35:46 2023 +0200
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4)
+
 project(hedgewars)
 
-
 #initialise cmake environment
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4)
 foreach(hwpolicy CMP0003 CMP0012 CMP0017 CMP0018)
     if(POLICY ${hwpolicy})
         cmake_policy(SET ${hwpolicy} NEW)
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
                               "-fno-warn-unused-do-bind"
                               "-O0"
                               )
+    set(USE_DEBUG_LIBRARIES TRUE)
 else()
     list(APPEND haskell_flags "-w" # no warnings
                               "-O2"
@@ -249,7 +250,15 @@
 if(PHYSFS_LIBRARY AND PHYSFS_INCLUDE_DIR)
     #use an IMPORTED tharget so that we can just use 'physfs' to link
     add_library(physfs UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-    set_target_properties(physfs PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${PHYSFS_LIBRARY})
+    if (DEFINED PHYSFS_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
+        if (${USE_DEBUG_LIBRARIES})
+            set_target_properties(physfs PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${PHYSFS_LIBRARY_DEBUG})
+        else()    
+            set_target_properties(physfs PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${PHYSFS_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
+        endif()
+    else()
+        set_target_properties(physfs PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${PHYSFS_LIBRARY})
+    endif()
 else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing PhysFS! Install PhysFS to fix this.")
 endif()