diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 74ec262da..367186baf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -959,7 +959,11 @@ if (Fortran_COMPILER_NAME MATCHES "gfortran.*")
   endif (CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT)
 
   set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE} -fbounds-check -funroll-all-loops -fno-f2c ${General_FFLAGS}")
-  set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -fbacktrace -fbounds-check -fno-f2c -ffpe-trap=denormal,invalid,zero,overflow,underflow ${General_FFLAGS}")
+  set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -fbacktrace -fbounds-check -fno-f2c ${General_FFLAGS}")
+  # FPE traps currently disabled in Debug configuration builds until
+  # we decide if they are meaningful, without these FP instructions
+  # run in nonstop mode and do not trap
+  #set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG}  -ffpe-trap=invalid,zero,overflow")
 elseif (Fortran_COMPILER_NAME MATCHES "ifort.*")
   # ifort (untested)
   set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE} -f77rtl ${General_FFLAGS}")