diff --git a/cmake/presets/gcc.cmake b/cmake/presets/gcc.cmake
index 6757e876af..7942b2a4ce 100644
--- a/cmake/presets/gcc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/presets/gcc.cmake
@@ -3,15 +3,21 @@
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "g++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "gcc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER "gfortran" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Wall -Wextra -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -g" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-Wall -Wextra -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -g -O2 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Wall -O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Wall -g" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-g -O2 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(MPI_CXX "g++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpicxx" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(MPI_C "gcc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(MPI_C_COMPILER "mpicc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Wall -g" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-g -O2 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(MPI_Fortran "gfortran" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(MPI_Fortran_COMPILER "mpifort" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Wall -g" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-g -O2 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 unset(HAVE_OMP_H_INCLUDE CACHE)
 
 set(OpenMP_C "gcc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
diff --git a/cmake/presets/pedantic.cmake b/cmake/presets/pedantic.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11c74dbaa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/presets/pedantic.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# preset that will restore gcc/g++ with support for MPI and OpenMP (on Linux boxes)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "g++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "gcc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER "gfortran" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Wall -Wextra -Werror=vla -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -g" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-Wall -Wextra -Werror=vla -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -g -O2 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Wall -O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_CXX "g++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpicxx" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_C "gcc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_C_COMPILER "mpicc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Wall -Wextra -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -g" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-Wall -Wextra -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -g -O2 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Wall -O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_Fortran "gfortran" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_Fortran_COMPILER "mpifort" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+unset(HAVE_OMP_H_INCLUDE CACHE)
+
+set(OpenMP_C "gcc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_C_FLAGS "-fopenmp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_C_LIB_NAMES "gomp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_CXX "g++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS "-fopenmp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES "gomp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_omp_LIBRARY "libgomp.so" CACHE PATH "" FORCE)