diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a0551f92b..15d8eb3e5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,31 +8,6 @@ INCLUDE(awesomeConfig.cmake)
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${AWE_INC_DIR})
 
-# C flags {{{
-# big debug flags
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=gnu99 -ggdb3")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -O2")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fno-strict-aliasing")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wextra")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wchar-subscripts")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wundef")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wshadow")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wcast-align")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wwrite-strings")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wsign-compare")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wunused")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-unused-parameter")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wuninitialized")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Winit-self")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wpointer-arith")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wredundant-decls")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wformat-nonliteral")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-format-zero-length")
-SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wmissing-prototypes")
-#SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wmissing-format-attribute")
-# }}}
-
 SET(AWE_LUA_FILES
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/tabulous.lua
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/awful.lua)
diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 4eca31177..7923007fb 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ PROJECT(${PROJECT_AWE_NAME})
 
 SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RELEASE)
 
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-std=gnu99 -ggdb3 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wextra
+    -Wchar-subscripts -Wundef -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings
+    -Wsign-compare -Wunused -Wno-unused-parameter -Wuninitialized -Winit-self
+    -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls -Wformat-nonliteral
+    -Wno-format-zero-length)
+
 # If this is a git repository...
 IF(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/HEAD)
     # ...update version