diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c1a12c87..20a898dfb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ option (WITH_BZIP "Build with Bzip2 support" ON)
 option (WITH_MYFILE_MMAP "Build using memory mapped file" ON)
 option (WITH_LTO "Build with link-time optimizations" OFF)
 option (WITH_SAN "Build with run-time sanitizer" OFF)
+option (WITH_PROF "Build with profiling instrumentation" OFF)
 option (OPTION_OMP "Build with OpenMP support" ON)
 option (STRICT_MUTEX "True (recommended): MyMutex will behave like POSIX Mutex; False: MyMutex will behave like POSIX RecMutex; Note: forced to ON for Debug builds" ON)
 option (TRACE_MYRWMUTEX "Trace RT's custom R/W Mutex (Debug builds only); redirecting std::out to a file is strongly recommended!" OFF)
@@ -281,6 +282,12 @@ if (WITH_SAN)
     SET (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fsanitize=${WITH_SAN}")
 endif (WITH_SAN)
 
+if (WITH_PROF)
+    SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -pg")
+    SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pg")
+    SET (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -pg")
+endif (WITH_PROF)
+
 if (OPTION_OMP)
     find_package(OpenMP)
     if (OPENMP_FOUND)