diff --git a/src/Generator/Driver.cs b/src/Generator/Driver.cs
index 907046c7..eb5855d5 100644
--- a/src/Generator/Driver.cs
+++ b/src/Generator/Driver.cs
@@ -351,8 +351,11 @@ namespace CppSharp
             }
         }
 
-        public void CompileCode()
-        {
+        public void CompileCode()
+        {
+            if (!Options.CompileCode)
+                return;
+
             var assemblyFile = string.IsNullOrEmpty(Options.LibraryName) ?
                 "out.dll" : Options.LibraryName + ".dll";
 
diff --git a/src/Generator/Options.cs b/src/Generator/Options.cs
index e64e26fd..89efa28d 100644
--- a/src/Generator/Options.cs
+++ b/src/Generator/Options.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ namespace CppSharp
         public List<string> NoGenIncludeDirs;
         public string NoGenIncludePrefix = "";
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Wether the generated C# code should be automatically compiled.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool CompileCode;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Enable this option to enable generation of finalizers.
         /// Works in both CLI and C# backends.