diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4115e978a..7035e4cb8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ option(IMHEX_GENERATE_PDBS              "Enable generating PDB files in non-debu
 option(IMHEX_REPLACE_DWARF_WITH_PDB     "Remove DWARF information from binaries when generating PDBS (Windows only)"            OFF)
 option(IMHEX_ENABLE_STD_ASSERTS         "Enable debug asserts in the C++ std library. (Breaks Plugin ABI!)"                     OFF)
 option(IMHEX_ENABLE_UNIT_TESTS          "Enable building unit tests"                                                            OFF)
+option(IMHEX_ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Enable precompiled headers"                                                            OFF)
 
 # Basic compiler and cmake configurations
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index a3a61beb2..a43412ada 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -764,6 +764,10 @@ function(addIncludesFromLibrary target library)
 endfunction()
 
 function(precompileHeaders target includeFolder)
+    if (NOT IMHEX_ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
     file(GLOB_RECURSE TARGET_INCLUDES "${includeFolder}/**/*.hpp")
     set(SYSTEM_INCLUDES "<algorithm>;<array>;<atomic>;<chrono>;<cmath>;<cstddef>;<cstdint>;<cstdio>;<cstdlib>;<cstring>;<exception>;<filesystem>;<functional>;<iterator>;<limits>;<list>;<map>;<memory>;<optional>;<ranges>;<set>;<stdexcept>;<string>;<string_view>;<thread>;<tuple>;<type_traits>;<unordered_map>;<unordered_set>;<utility>;<variant>;<vector>")
     set(INCLUDES "${SYSTEM_INCLUDES};${TARGET_INCLUDES}")