diff --git a/src/common/transformations/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/transformations/CMakeLists.txt
index 727927ff974..3af6794b313 100644
--- a/src/common/transformations/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/transformations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,3 +55,13 @@ set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME}_obj PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION
 # developer package
 
 openvino_developer_export_targets(COMPONENT core_legacy TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME})
+
+# temporary workaround for fatal error LNK1248: image size (1004722F6) exceeds maximum 
+# allowable size (FFFFFFFF)
+# the symbolic debugging information will be stored in a separate .pdb file.
+if(WIN32)
+    string(REPLACE "/Z7" "/Zi" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+    string(REPLACE "/Z7" "/Zi" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+    string(REPLACE "/Z7" "/Zi" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
+    string(REPLACE "/Z7" "/Zi" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
+endif()