diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b9b3def1..7d5dc74a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
     set(MACOSX TRUE)
 endif()
 
+if (${PQC_NO_ASM})
+  set(NO_ASM TRUE)
+endif()
+
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
   # Additional flags only useful when compiling with clang
   string(APPEND PQC_CMAKE_C_CXX_FLAGS " -Wconditional-uninitialized -Wno-missing-variable-declarations -Wno-unused-command-line-argument")
diff --git a/src/capi/pqapi.c b/src/capi/pqapi.c
index 11189a1b..c0d0fc90 100644
--- a/src/capi/pqapi.c
+++ b/src/capi/pqapi.c
@@ -148,5 +148,7 @@ uint32_t pqc_private_key_bsz(const pqc_ctx_t *p) {
 
 void static_initialization(void) __attribute__((constructor));
 void static_initialization(void) {
+#ifdef PQC_ASM
     CPU_CAPS = GetX86Info().features;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/src/kem/sike/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kem/sike/CMakeLists.txt
index f5543d67..bd736a75 100644
--- a/src/kem/sike/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kem/sike/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set(
   p434/params.c
   p434/sike.c)
 
-if(${ARCH} STREQUAL "ARCH_x86_64")
+if(${ARCH} STREQUAL "ARCH_x86_64" AND NOT ${NO_ASM})
 add_definitions(-DPQC_ASM=1)
 set(
   SRC_CLEAN_SIKE_P434