diff --git a/cmake/modules/CompileWarnings.cmake b/cmake/modules/CompileWarnings.cmake
index a869ccc0cf..54c7fce9f8 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/CompileWarnings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/CompileWarnings.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ macro(wpilib_target_warnings target)
 
     # Compress debug info with GCC
     if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Debug" AND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU")
-      target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE -gz)
+      target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE -gz=zlib)
     endif()
 endmacro()
diff --git a/shared/config.gradle b/shared/config.gradle
index 5279f80ac0..1cfe8441c6 100644
--- a/shared/config.gradle
+++ b/shared/config.gradle
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ nativeUtils.platformConfigs.each {
 // Compress debug info on Linux
 nativeUtils.platformConfigs.each {
   if (it.name.contains('linux')) {
-    it.cppCompiler.debugArgs.add("-gz")
+    it.cppCompiler.debugArgs.add("-gz=zlib")
   }
 }