diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be5bc76..8f853e4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ endif()
 #problems when calling QDLDL from C++
 set(QDLDL_BOOL_TYPE "unsigned char")
 
+# Generate header file with the global options
+# ---------------------------------------------
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/configure/qdldl_configure.h.in
+               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/qdldl_configure.h
+               NEWLINE_STYLE LF)
+
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/configure/qdldl_types.h.in
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/qdldl_types.h
                NEWLINE_STYLE LF)
diff --git a/configure/qdldl_configure.h.in b/configure/qdldl_configure.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b45f56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure/qdldl_configure.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef QDLDL_CONFIGURE_H
+# define QDLDL_CONFIGURE_H
+
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+# endif /* ifdef __cplusplus */
+
+/* DEBUG */
+#cmakedefine DEBUG
+
+/* DFLOAT */
+#cmakedefine DFLOAT
+
+/* DLONG */
+#cmakedefine DLONG
+
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+# endif /* ifdef __cplusplus */
+
+#endif /* ifndef QDLDL_CONFIGURE_H */
diff --git a/include/.gitignore b/include/.gitignore
index 94736b0..70d4be3 100644
--- a/include/.gitignore
+++ b/include/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+qdldl_configure.h
 qdldl_types.h
 qdldl_version.h