diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/CMakeLists.txt b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/CMakeLists.txt
index 3231937f43..1108fc67e8 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ include_directories (
 
 set( PROJECT_FILES
 
+    cafAssert.h
     cafAppEnum.h
     cafClassTypeName.h
     cafPdmBase.h
diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/cafAssert.h b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/cafAssert.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..447dafe0cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/cafAssert.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+#undef NDEBUG
+#include <assert.h>
+#define NDEBUG
+#else
+#include <assert.h>
+#endif
+
+#define CAF_ASSERT(expr) assert(expr)
+
+