diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f063fb3c..eee0cbc42 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ SET( INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR "include" CACHE PATH
 SET( BIN_INSTALL_DIR "bin" CACHE PATH
 	"Path the tool executables are installed to." )
 
+SET(DEBUG_POSTFIX "D" CACHE STRING "Debug Postfitx for lib, samples and tools")
+
 # Generate a pkg-config .pc for the Assimp library.
 CONFIGURE_FILE( "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/assimp.pc.in" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp.pc" @ONLY )
 INSTALL( FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/assimp.pc" DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/pkgconfig/ COMPONENT assimp-dev)
diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index 82afc5234..32bcb28c7 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -699,6 +699,8 @@ ADD_LIBRARY( assimp SHARED
 )
 ENDIF ( BUILD_STATIC_LIB )
 
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET assimp PROPERTY DEBUG_POSTFIX ${DEBUG_POSTFIX})
+
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(assimp ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( assimp PROPERTIES
 	VERSION ${LIBRARY_VERSION}
diff --git a/samples/SimpleOpenGL/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/SimpleOpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
index d25ec62bf..9b2ae5402 100644
--- a/samples/SimpleOpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/SimpleOpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE( assimp_simpleogl
 	Sample_SimpleOpenGL.c
 )
 
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET assimp_simpleogl PROPERTY DEBUG_POSTFIX ${DEBUG_POSTFIX})
+
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( assimp_simpleogl assimp )
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( assimp_simpleogl PROPERTIES
 	OUTPUT_NAME assimp_simpleogl
diff --git a/samples/SimpleTexturedOpenGL/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/SimpleTexturedOpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
index 57e5df069..736e45e2c 100644
--- a/samples/SimpleTexturedOpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/SimpleTexturedOpenGL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE( assimp_simpletexturedogl WIN32
 	SimpleTexturedOpenGL/src/model_loading.cpp
 )
 
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET assimp_simpletexturedogl PROPERTY DEBUG_POSTFIX ${DEBUG_POSTFIX})
+
 IF( WIN32 )
 	SET( PSDK_PATH "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Platform SDK/Bin" )
 	SET( PSDK_INC "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Platform SDK/Include" )
diff --git a/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 637a5592b..f5758ece4 100644
--- a/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE( assimp_cmd
 	Export.cpp
 )
 
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET assimp_cmd PROPERTY DEBUG_POSTFIX ${DEBUG_POSTFIX})
+
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( assimp_cmd assimp ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( assimp_cmd PROPERTIES
 	OUTPUT_NAME assimp
diff --git a/tools/assimp_view/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/assimp_view/CMakeLists.txt
index a194e14a2..a45713ae6 100644
--- a/tools/assimp_view/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/assimp_view/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ add_executable(  assimp_viewer WIN32
 	txi.bmp
 )
 
+SET_PROPERTY(TARGET assimp_viewer PROPERTY DEBUG_POSTFIX ${DEBUG_POSTFIX})
+
 IF( WIN32 )
 	SET( PSDK_PATH "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Platform SDK/Bin" )
 	SET( PSDK_INC "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Platform SDK/Include" )
@@ -76,3 +78,6 @@ ENDIF( WIN32 )
 # Link the executable to the Hello library.
 target_link_libraries ( assimp_viewer assimp ${DX9_LIBRARIES} comctl32.lib Winmm.lib  ) 
 
+INSTALL( TARGETS assimp_viewer
+	DESTINATION "${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}" COMPONENT assimp-dev
+)