diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a75fed8..1008340 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ set( ARTS_VERSION "${ARTS_MAJOR_VERSION}.${ARTS_MINOR_VERSION}.${ARTS_MICRO_VERS
 
 ##### user requested options ####################
 
+option( WITH_ALL_OPTIONS "Enable all optional support" OFF )
 option( WITH_ALSA "Enable ALSA support" ON )
 option( WITH_AUDIOFILE "Enable audiofile (wav) support" ON )
 option( WITH_VORBIS "Enable Ogg/Vorbis support" ON )
 option( WITH_MAD "Enable MAD mp3 decoder support" ON )
-option( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY "Enable fvisibility and fvisibility-inlines-hidden" OFF )
+option( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY "Enable fvisibility and fvisibility-inlines-hidden" ${WITH_ALL_OPTIONS} )
 
 
 ##### paths setup ###############################