diff --git a/xmake/modules/package/tools/cmake.lua b/xmake/modules/package/tools/cmake.lua
index 0bd963751ce..76319bab9a6 100644
--- a/xmake/modules/package/tools/cmake.lua
+++ b/xmake/modules/package/tools/cmake.lua
@@ -392,9 +392,23 @@ function _get_configs_for_windows(package, configs, opt)
     elseif package:has_runtime("MDd") then
         table.insert(configs, "-DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY=MultiThreadedDebugDLL")
     end
+
+    -- config about PDB
     if not opt._configs_str:find("CMAKE_COMPILE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY") then
         table.insert(configs, "-DCMAKE_COMPILE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=pdb")
     end
+    -- shrink PDB file
+    -- ref: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/shrink-my-program-database-pdb-file/
+    if not opt._configs_str:find("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS") then
+        table.insert(configs, "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=/opt:ref /opt:icf /pdbcompress")
+    end
+    if not opt._configs_str:find("CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS") then
+        table.insert(configs, "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=/opt:ref /opt:icf /pdbcompress")
+    end
+    if not opt._configs_str:find("CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS") then
+        table.insert(configs, "-DCMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS=/opt:ref /opt:icf /pdbcompress")
+    end
+
     _get_configs_for_generic(package, configs, opt)
 end