diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f1fc8892b..98698e5940 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ ENDFOREACH()
 add_custom_target(instances DEPENDS utility;${CK_DEVICE_INSTANCES}  SOURCES ${INSTANCE_FILES})
 
 option(MIOPEN_REQ_LIBS_ONLY "Build only the MIOpen required libraries" OFF)
+option(BUILD_MHA_LIB "Build the static library for flash attention" OFF)
 
 add_subdirectory(library)
 
diff --git a/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt b/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 73f3ae6cd6..aef40b8cb3 100755
--- a/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
     endforeach()
     # Do not build mha instances if gfx94 or gfx90a targets are not on the target list
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
-	    if(NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx90a" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95" AND source MATCHES "mha")
+	    if((NOT BUILD_MHA_LIB OR (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx90a" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95")) AND source MATCHES "mha")
          message("removing mha instance ${source} ")
          list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
     endif()
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ if(CK_DEVICE_CONV_INSTANCES)
             DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/composable_kernel
         )
 endif()
-if(CK_DEVICE_MHA_INSTANCES AND NOT MIOPEN_REQ_LIBS_ONLY)
+if(CK_DEVICE_MHA_INSTANCES AND NOT MIOPEN_REQ_LIBS_ONLY AND BUILD_MHA_LIB)
         set(gpu_list ${INST_TARGETS})
         if(gpu_list MATCHES "gfx94" OR gpu_list MATCHES "gfx90a" OR gpu_list MATCHES "gfx95")
             add_library(device_mha_operations ${CK_DEVICE_MHA_INSTANCES})