diff --git a/src/sign/falcon/CMakeLists.txt b/src/sign/falcon/CMakeLists.txt
index c359a1ce..5c2cc679 100644
--- a/src/sign/falcon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/sign/falcon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if(NOT ${NO_ASM})
+add_definitions(-DPQC_ASM=1)
+endif()
+
 set(
   SRC_CLEAN_FALCON
   api.c
diff --git a/src/sign/falcon/fpr.h b/src/sign/falcon/fpr.h
index 13e41c68..a9628d24 100644
--- a/src/sign/falcon/fpr.h
+++ b/src/sign/falcon/fpr.h
@@ -271,23 +271,23 @@ fpr_sqrt(fpr x)
 	 * the dependency to libm will still be there.
 	 */
 
-#if defined __GNUC__ && defined __SSE2_MATH__
+#if defined __GNUC__ && defined __SSE2_MATH__ && defined PQC_ASM
 	return FPR(_mm_cvtsd_f64(_mm_sqrt_pd(_mm_set1_pd(x.v))));
-#elif defined __GNUC__ && defined __i386__
+#elif defined __GNUC__ && defined __i386__ && defined PQC_ASM
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (
 		"fldl   %0\n\t"
 		"fsqrt\n\t"
 		"fstpl  %0\n\t"
 		: "+m" (x.v) : : );
 	return x;
-#elif defined _M_IX86
+#elif defined _M_IX86 && defined PQC_ASM
 	__asm {
 		fld x.v
 		fsqrt
 		fstp x.v
 	}
 	return x;
-#elif defined __PPC__ && defined __GNUC__
+#elif defined __PPC__ && defined __GNUC__ && defined PQC_ASM
 	fpr y;
 
 #if defined __clang__
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ fpr_sqrt(fpr x)
 #endif
 	return y;
 #elif (defined __ARM_FP && ((__ARM_FP & 0x08) == 0x08)) \
-	|| (!defined __ARM_FP && defined __ARM_VFPV2__)
+	|| (!defined __ARM_FP && defined __ARM_VFPV2__) && defined PQC_ASM
 	/*
 	 * On ARM, assembly syntaxes are a bit of a mess, depending on
 	 * whether GCC or Clang is used, and the binutils version, and
diff --git a/src/sign/falcon/inner.h b/src/sign/falcon/inner.h
index 6486fb41..f338360c 100644
--- a/src/sign/falcon/inner.h
+++ b/src/sign/falcon/inner.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ struct Zf(params_t) {
  * targets other than 32-bit x86, or when the native 'double' type is
  * not used, the set_fpu_cw() function does nothing at all.
  */
-#if defined __GNUC__ && defined __i386__
+#if defined __GNUC__ && defined __i386__ && defined PQC_ASM
 static inline unsigned
 set_fpu_cw(unsigned x)
 {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ set_fpu_cw(unsigned x)
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("fldcw %0" : : "m" (t) : );
 	return old;
 }
-#elif defined _M_IX86
+#elif defined _M_IX86 && defined PQC_ASM
 static inline unsigned
 set_fpu_cw(unsigned x)
 {