diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 98698e5940..ceb48dffd7 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(DISABLE_OFFLOAD_COMPRESS "Disable offload compress compiler flag when building instances" 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 aef40b8cb3..446f53889f 100755
--- a/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
         target_compile_features(${INSTANCE_NAME} PUBLIC)
 
         # flags to compress the library
-        if(NOT WIN32 AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 600241132)
+        if(NOT DISABLE_OFFLOAD_COMPRESS AND NOT WIN32 AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 600241132)
             #message("Adding --offload-compress flag for ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
             target_compile_options(${INSTANCE_NAME} PRIVATE --offload-compress)
         endif()