diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc6eb3c..3689dee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
-if(("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU") OR ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang"))
-    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c89 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings")
+option(ENABLE_CUSTOM_COMPILER_FLAGS ON)
+if (ENABLE_CUSTOM_COMPILER_FLAGS)
+    if(("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU") OR ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang"))
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c89 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 #variables for pkg-config