diff --git a/cmake/options.cmake b/cmake/options.cmake
index 11b89b408..3b5506518 100644
--- a/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ option(WITH_QCHART          "When building GUI(need BUILD_GUI=ON), use Qt5 Chart
 option(HAVE_RULES           "Usage of rules (needs PCRE library and headers)"               OFF)
 option(USE_Z3               "Usage of z3 library"                                           OFF)
 
+if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "3.16" OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.16")
+    set(CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS Off CACHE BOOL "Disable precompiled headers")
+else()
+    set(CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS On CACHE BOOL "Disable precompiled headers")
+endif()
+
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRS_CONFIGCMAKE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include      CACHE PATH "Output directory for headers")
 set(CMAKE_LIB_DIRS_CONFIGCMAKE     ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib          CACHE PATH "Output directory for libraries")
 
diff --git a/cmake/printInfo.cmake b/cmake/printInfo.cmake
index 9eda36b14..6945539d4 100644
--- a/cmake/printInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/printInfo.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ message( STATUS "Compiler =              ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}")
 message( STATUS "Compiler Version =      ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}")
 message( STATUS "Build type =            ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 message( STATUS "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX =  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" )
+message( STATUS "CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS = ${CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS}" )
 message( STATUS "C++ flags (General) =   ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 message( STATUS "C++ flags (Release) =   ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
 message( STATUS "C++ flags (RelWithDebInfo) = ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8061061f1..6a8167c76 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_library(lib_objs OBJECT ${srcs_lib} ${hdrs})
-if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "3.16" OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.16")
+if (NOT CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS)
     target_precompile_headers(lib_objs PRIVATE precompiled.h)
 endif()
 if (ENABLE_OSS_FUZZ AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     add_library(lib_objs_sanitized OBJECT EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${srcs_lib} ${hdrs})
     target_compile_options(lib_objs_sanitized PRIVATE -fsanitize=address)
-    if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "3.16" OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.16")
+    if (NOT CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS)
         target_precompile_headers(lib_objs_sanitized PRIVATE precompiled.h)
     endif()
 endif()