diff --git a/build/windows/gitlab-ci/3_bundle-gimp-uni_base.sh b/build/windows/gitlab-ci/3_bundle-gimp-uni_base.sh
index 901190a095..853dffe655 100644
--- a/build/windows/gitlab-ci/3_bundle-gimp-uni_base.sh
+++ b/build/windows/gitlab-ci/3_bundle-gimp-uni_base.sh
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ for exe in "${binArray[@]}"; do
   cp -fr $exe ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/bin/
 done
 
+### .pdb (CodeView) debug symbols
+### TODO: REMOVE 'if [[ "$MSYSTEM...' WHEN GCC 14 IS ON MSYS2
+### crossroad don't have LLVM/Clang backend yet
+if [[ "$MSYSTEM_CARCH" != "i686" ]] && [[ "$BUILD_TYPE" != "CI_CROSS" ]]; then
+  cp -fr ${GIMP_PREFIX}/bin/*.pdb ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/bin/
+fi
+
 ## Optional executables, .DLLs and resources for GObject Introspection support
 if [[ "$BUILD_TYPE" != "CI_CROSS" ]]; then
   cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/bin/libgirepository-*.dll ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/bin/
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a53e57f197..87bdca5550 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ if platform_windows and cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
   compiler_args += msvc_compat_args
 endif
 
+# Generate .pdb (CodeView) debug symbols (makes possible to debug with DIA SDK)
+pdb_support = cc.has_argument('-gcodeview') and cc.has_link_argument('-Wl,--pdb=')
+if platform_windows and pdb_support
+  compiler_args += '-gcodeview'
+  linker_args += '-Wl,--pdb='
+endif
+
 
 conf.set('HAVE__NL_MEASUREMENT_MEASUREMENT',
   cc.compiles('''
@@ -2017,7 +2024,14 @@ pkgconfig.generate(libgimpui,
   ],
 )
 
-
+################################################################################
+# Install native debug data (.pdb) on Windows
+# Ideally meson should take care of it automatically.
+# See: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/12977
+if platform_windows and pdb_support
+  install_win_debug_script = find_program('./meson_install_win_debug.sh')
+  meson.add_install_script(install_win_debug_script)
+endif
 
 ################################################################################
 # Subdir installations
diff --git a/meson_install_win_debug.sh b/meson_install_win_debug.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d09524bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_install_win_debug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+find . \( -iname '*.dll' -or -iname '*.exe' \) | \
+while IFS= read -r build_bin;
+do
+  build_bin_name="${build_bin##*/}"
+  installed_bin=$(find ${MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX} -iname "$build_bin_name")
+  if [ x"$installed_bin" != "x" ]; then
+    install_dir=$(dirname ${installed_bin})
+    pdb_debug=$(echo $build_bin|sed 's/\.\(dll\|exe\)$/.pdb/')
+    if [ -f "$pdb_debug" ]; then
+      # Note: meson hides script outputs anyway on success. But this can be
+      # useful when debugging.
+      echo Installing $pdb_debug to $install_dir
+      if [ -z "$MESON_INSTALL_DRY_RUN" ]; then
+        cp -f $pdb_debug $install_dir
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+done;