diff --git a/next/CMakeLists.txt b/next/CMakeLists.txt
index 1950a1144..95b330992 100644
--- a/next/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/next/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ option(MBGL_WITH_CORE_ONLY "Build only the core bits, no platform code" OFF)
 option(MBGL_WITH_COVERAGE "Enable code coverage collection" OFF)
 option(MBGL_WITH_QT "Build Mapbox GL Qt bindings" OFF)
 option(MBGL_WITH_SANITIZER "Use [address|thread|undefined] here" OFF)
+option(MBGL_WITH_RTTI "Compile with runtime type information" OFF)
 
 add_library(
     mbgl-compiler-options INTERFACE
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ target_compile_options(
         $<$<STREQUAL:${MBGL_WITH_SANITIZER},undefined>:-fsanitize=implicit-conversion>
         $<$<STREQUAL:${MBGL_WITH_SANITIZER},undefined>:-fsanitize=undefined>
         $<$<STREQUAL:${MBGL_WITH_SANITIZER},undefined>:-fsanitize=unsigned-integer-overflow>
-        $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:-fno-rtti>
+        $<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MBGL_WITH_RTTI}>>>:-fno-rtti>
         $<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>>>:-Wall>
         $<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>>>:-Wshadow>
         $<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>>>:-Wextra>