diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 84438045..6bbfa696 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ option(APPVEYOR_BUILD "Build on appveyor" OFF)
 option(CI_BUILD "Set when building in CI. Enables -Werror where possible" OFF)
 option(ASAN "Compile with address sanitizers" OFF)
 option(QML_DEBUGGING "Enable qml debugging" OFF)
+option(COMPILE_QML "Compile Qml. It will make Nheko faster, but you will need to recompile it, when you update Qt." OFF)
 
 set(
 	CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/toolchain.cmake"
diff --git a/cmake/Translations.cmake b/cmake/Translations.cmake
index 16120219..887697a8 100644
--- a/cmake/Translations.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Translations.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if(NOT EXISTS ${_qrc})
 endif()
 
 qt5_add_resources(LANG_QRC ${_qrc})
-if(Qt5QuickCompiler_FOUND)
+if(Qt5QuickCompiler_FOUND AND COMPILE_QML)
 	qtquick_compiler_add_resources(QRC resources/res.qrc)
 else()
 	qt5_add_resources(QRC resources/res.qrc)
diff --git a/io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko.json b/io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko.json
index 33acf34b..898d5003 100644
--- a/io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko.json
+++ b/io.github.NhekoReborn.Nheko.json
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@
     {
       "config-opts": [
         "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
-        "-DLMDBXX_INCLUDE_DIR=.deps/lmdbxx"
+        "-DLMDBXX_INCLUDE_DIR=.deps/lmdbxx",
+        "-DCOMPILE_QML=ON"
       ],
       "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",
       "name": "nheko",