diff --git a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
index 96fc51d133..94e4fbf982 100644
--- a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1795,6 +1795,16 @@ if (WIN32)
     if (QT_VERSION LESS 6)
         target_link_libraries(Telegram PRIVATE desktop-app::win_directx_helper)
     endif()
+
+    add_custom_command(
+    TARGET
+        Telegram
+    PRE_LINK
+    COMMAND
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rm -f "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:Telegram>/Telegram.pdb"
+    COMMENT
+        "Deleting broken Telegram.pdb before link (MSVC workaround)"
+    )
 elseif (APPLE)
     if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
         target_link_libraries(Telegram PRIVATE desktop-app::external_iconv)