diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@
 add_custom_target(check-upgrade-activated)
 add_custom_target(check-upgrade-activated-extended)
 
-# Add the global install target
+# Add the global install targets
 add_custom_target(install-all)
+add_custom_target(install-debug)
 
 include(PackageHelper)
 exclude_git_ignored_files_from_source_package()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake b/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 		add_custom_target(${INSTALL_TARGET}
 			COMMENT "Installing component ${COMPONENT}"
 			COMMAND
+				"${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
+				-E env CMAKE_INSTALL_ALWAYS=ON
 				"${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
 				-DCOMPONENT="${COMPONENT}"
 				-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
@@ -26,6 +28,25 @@
 	if(ARGN)
 		add_dependencies(${INSTALL_TARGET} ${ARGN})
 	endif()
+
+	if(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+		if(NOT TARGET "install-${COMPONENT}-debug")
+			add_custom_target("install-${COMPONENT}-debug"
+				COMMENT "Splitting out the debug symbols for component ${COMPONENT}"
+				COMMAND
+					"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh"
+					"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh"
+					"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest_${COMPONENT}.txt"
+				DEPENDS
+					"${INSTALL_TARGET}"
+					"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh"
+			)
+		endif()
+
+		if(TARGET install-debug)
+			add_dependencies(install-debug "install-${COMPONENT}-debug")
+		endif()
+	endif()
 endfunction()
 
 function(install_target _target)
diff --git a/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh b/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/utils/split-installed-component.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+
+SPLIT_SCRIPT="$1"
+INSTALL_MANIFEST="$2"
+
+while IFS= read -r FILE || [ -n "$FILE" ]
+do
+  if [ ! -L "${FILE}" ] && [ -x "${FILE}" ]
+  then
+    echo "Splitting debug symbols out of ${FILE}"
+    "${SPLIT_SCRIPT}" "${FILE}" "${FILE}" "${FILE}.dbg" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
+done < "${INSTALL_MANIFEST}"