diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ed217329..aded59b0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ option(FFS_USE_DILL "Enable Dill code generation" ON)
 if(FFS_USE_DILL)
   find_package(dill 2.3.1 REQUIRED)
   set(HAVE_DILL_H ON)
-  set(FFS_CONVERSION_GENERATION_DEFAULT ${DILL_HAS_NATIVE_DCG})
+  option(FFS_CONVERSION_GENERATION_DEFAULT "Enable dynamic code generation" ${DILL_HAS_NATIVE_DCG})
+  mark_as_advanced(FFS_CONVERSION_GENERATION_DEFAULT)
   set(DO_DCG TRUE)
   target_link_libraries(ffs PRIVATE dill::dill)
   list(APPEND _pkg_config_private_reqs "dill >= ${dill_VERSION}")