diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbengine.cpp
index 4949694eccd..634a913ada1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/cdb/cdbengine.cpp
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ void CdbEngine::setupInferior()
                     [this, id](const DebuggerResponse &r) { handleBreakInsert(r, id); }});
     }
 
+    runCommand({".symopt+0x8000"}); // disable searching public symbol table - improving the symbol lookup speed
     runCommand({"sxn 0x4000001f", NoFlags}); // Do not break on WowX86 exceptions.
     runCommand({"sxn ibp", NoFlags}); // Do not break on initial breakpoints.
     runCommand({".asm source_line", NoFlags}); // Source line in assembly
diff --git a/tests/auto/debugger/tst_dumpers.cpp b/tests/auto/debugger/tst_dumpers.cpp
index ef311bce694..b627849496e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/debugger/tst_dumpers.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/debugger/tst_dumpers.cpp
@@ -1517,7 +1517,8 @@ void tst_Dumpers::dumper()
              << "-c"
              << "bm doit!qtcDebugBreakFunction;g"
              << "debug\\doit.exe";
-        cmds += "!qtcreatorcdbext.script sys.path.insert(1, '" + dumperDir + "')\n"
+        cmds += ".symopt+0x8000\n"
+                "!qtcreatorcdbext.script sys.path.insert(1, '" + dumperDir + "')\n"
                 "!qtcreatorcdbext.script from cdbbridge import *\n"
                 "!qtcreatorcdbext.script theDumper = Dumper()\n"
                 "!qtcreatorcdbext.script theDumper.setupDumpers()\n"