diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc1f73525..d6cc2ffae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ option(ENABLE_WERROR "Enables -Werror" FALSE)
 option(ENABLE_STATIC_PIE "Enables static-pie build" FALSE)
 option(ENABLE_JEMALLOC "Enables jemalloc allocator" TRUE)
 option(ENABLE_OFFLINE_TELEMETRY "Enables FEX offline telemetry" TRUE)
+option(ENABLE_COMPILE_TIME_TRACE "Enables time trace compile option" FALSE)
 
 set (X86_C_COMPILER "x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc" CACHE STRING "c compiler for compiling x86 guest libs")
 set (X86_CXX_COMPILER "x86_64-linux-gnu-g++" CACHE STRING "c++ compiler for compiling x86 guest libs")
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ if (ENABLE_XRAY)
   link_libraries(-fxray-instrument)
 endif()
 
+if (ENABLE_COMPILE_TIME_TRACE)
+  add_compile_options(-ftime-trace)
+  link_libraries(-ftime-trace)
+endif()
+
 set (PTHREAD_LIB pthread)
 if (ENABLE_LLD)
   set (LD_OVERRIDE "-fuse-ld=lld")