diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61145e1e..e1ab522a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,15 +33,18 @@ set(FSFW_CATCH2_LIB_VERSION v${FSFW_CATCH2_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}.0.0-preview5 CACHE
     "Catch2 library exact version requirement"
 )
 
+# Keep this off by default for now. See PR: https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw/pulls/616
+# for information which keeping this on by default is problematic
+option(FSFW_ENABLE_IPO "Enable interprocedural optimization or link-time optimization if available" OFF)
+
+if(FSFW_ENABLE_IPO)
 include(CheckIPOSupported)
 check_ipo_supported(RESULT IPO_SUPPORTED OUTPUT IPO_ERROR)
 if(NOT IPO_SUPPORTED)
   message(STATUS "FSFW | IPO/LTO not supported: ${IPO_ERROR}")
 endif()
+endif()
 
-# Keep this off by default for now. See PR: https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/fsfw/fsfw/pulls/616
-# for information which keeping this on by default is problematic
-option(FSFW_ENABLE_IPO "Enable interprocedural optimization or link-time optimization if available" OFF)
 option(FSFW_GENERATE_SECTIONS
   "Generate function and data sections. Required to remove unused code" ON
 )