diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupFlags.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupFlags.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50465fc4a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupFlags.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+if ( NOT CGAL_SETUP_FLAGS_INCLUDED )
+  set( CGAL_SETUP_FLAGS_INCLUDED 1 )
+
+#
+# Set CGAL_DONT_OVERRIDE_CMAKE_FLAGS to TRUE if you need to prevent the CGAL configuration to
+# override the flags used to build the libraries
+#
+set( CGAL_DONT_OVERRIDE_CMAKE_FLAGS_DESCRIPTION
+     "Set this to TRUE if you want to define or modify any of CMAKE_*_FLAGS. When this is FALSE, all the CMAKE_*_FLAGS flags are overriden with the values used when building the CGAL libs. For CGAL_*_flags (used for ADDITIONAL flags) , there is no need to set this to TRUE." 
+   )
+
+option( CGAL_DONT_OVERRIDE_CMAKE_FLAGS 
+        ${CGAL_DONT_OVERRIDE_CMAKE_FLAGS_DESCRIPTION}
+        FALSE 
+      )
+
+if ( CGAL_CONFIG_LOADED AND NOT CGAL_DONT_OVERRIDE_CMAKE_FLAGS )
+
+  typed_cache_set ( STRING "Build type: Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo or MinSizeRel" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_INIT}" )
+
+  string( TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER )
+  
+  if ( CGAL_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS )
+    set( CGAL_LINKER_FLAGS_TYPE SHARED )
+  else()
+    set( CGAL_LINKER_FLAGS_TYPE MODULE )
+  endif()
+  
+  typed_cache_set ( STRING "C++ compiler flags for all build types"          CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS                                 "${CGAL_CXX_FLAGS_INIT}"                                                       )
+  typed_cache_set ( STRING "C++ compiler flags for ${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}        "${CGAL_CXX_FLAGS_${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}_INIT}"                              )
+  typed_cache_set ( STRING "Linker flags for all build types"                CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS                          "${CGAL_${CGAL_LINKER_FLAGS_TYPE}_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT}"                          )
+  typed_cache_set ( STRING "Linker flags for ${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}"       CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER} "${CGAL_${CGAL_LINKER_FLAGS_TYPE}_LINKER_FLAGS_${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}_INIT}" )
+  
+endif()
+
+typed_cache_set( BOOL ${CGAL_DONT_OVERRIDE_CMAKE_FLAGS_DESCRIPTION} CGAL_DONT_OVERRIDE_CMAKE_FLAGS TRUE )
+
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS                   ${CGAL_CXX_FLAGS}                   )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE           ${CGAL_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}           )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG             ${CGAL_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}             )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS         ${CGAL_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS}         )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE ${CGAL_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG   ${CGAL_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG}   )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS         ${CGAL_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}         )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE ${CGAL_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG   ${CGAL_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG}   )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS            ${CGAL_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}            )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE    ${CGAL_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE}    )
+uniquely_add_flags( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG      ${CGAL_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG}      )
+
+# Set a default build type if none is given
+if ( NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE )
+  if( RUNNING_CGAL_AUTO_TEST )
+    typed_cache_set ( STRING "Build type: Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo or MinSizeRel" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug   )
+  else ()
+    typed_cache_set ( STRING "Build type: Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo or MinSizeRel" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release )
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if( RUNNING_CGAL_AUTO_TEST )
+  add_definitions(-DCGAL_TEST_SUITE)
+endif()
+
+if ( NOT "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Release" AND NOT "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Debug"
+     AND NOT "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo" AND NOT "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "MinSizeRel" )
+  message( FATAL_ERROR "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} is not a valid build type: only Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo or MinSizeRel is allowed" )
+endif()
+
+message( STATUS "Build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" )
+
+string( TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER )
+
+message( STATUS "USING CXXFLAGS = '${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}}'" )
+
+if ( CGAL_BUILDING_LIBS )
+  if ( BUILD_SHARED_LIBS )
+    message( STATUS "USING LDFLAGS = '${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}}'" )
+  else()
+    message( STATUS "USING LDFLAGS = '${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}}'" )
+  endif()
+else()
+  message( STATUS "USING EXEFLAGS = '${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_${CGAL_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}}'" )
+endif()
+
+endif()
+