diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c0b93564a..f50ca4f78 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,15 +58,17 @@ option(LLAMA_SANITIZE_ADDRESS           "llama: enable address sanitizer"
 option(LLAMA_SANITIZE_UNDEFINED         "llama: enable undefined sanitizer"                     OFF)
 
 # instruction set specific
-option(LLAMA_AVX                        "llama: enable AVX"                                     ON)
-option(LLAMA_AVX2                       "llama: enable AVX2"                                    ON)
-option(LLAMA_AVX512                     "llama: enable AVX512"                                  OFF)
-option(LLAMA_AVX512_VBMI                "llama: enable AVX512-VBMI"                             OFF)
-option(LLAMA_AVX512_VNNI                "llama: enable AVX512-VNNI"                             OFF)
-option(LLAMA_FMA                        "llama: enable FMA"                                     ON)
-# in MSVC F16C is implied with AVX2/AVX512
-if (NOT MSVC)
-    option(LLAMA_F16C                   "llama: enable F16C"                                    ON)
+if (NOT LLAMA_NATIVE)
+    option(LLAMA_AVX                         "llama: enable AVX"                                ON)
+    option(LLAMA_AVX2                        "llama: enable AVX2"                               ON)
+    option(LLAMA_AVX512                      "llama: enable AVX512"                             OFF)
+    option(LLAMA_AVX512_VBMI                 "llama: enable AVX512-VBMI"                        OFF)
+    option(LLAMA_AVX512_VNNI                 "llama: enable AVX512-VNNI"                        OFF)
+    option(LLAMA_FMA                         "llama: enable FMA"                                ON)
+    # in MSVC F16C is implied with AVX2/AVX512
+    if (NOT MSVC)
+    	option(LLAMA_F16C                    "llama: enable F16C"                               ON)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # 3rd party libs