diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d01d585..4d162e0e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ kompute_option(KOMPUTE_OPT_BUILD_SHADERS "Rebuilds all compute shaders during co
 
 # External components
 kompute_option(KOMPUTE_OPT_USE_BUILT_IN_SPDLOG "Use the built-in version of Spdlog. Requires 'KOMPUTE_OPT_USE_SPDLOG' to be set to ON in order to have any effect." ON)
+kompute_option(KOMPUTE_OPT_SPDLOG_ASYNC_MODE "If spdlog is enabled this allows for selecting whether the default logger setup creates sync or async logger" OFF)
 kompute_option(KOMPUTE_OPT_USE_BUILT_IN_FMT "Use the built-in version of fmt." ON)
 kompute_option(KOMPUTE_OPT_USE_BUILT_IN_GOOGLE_TEST "Use the built-in version of GoogleTest." ON)
 kompute_option(KOMPUTE_OPT_USE_BUILT_IN_PYBIND11 "Use the built-in version of pybind11." ON)
diff --git a/src/logger/CMakeLists.txt b/src/logger/CMakeLists.txt
index 326ea1f6..1dcc1e6b 100644
--- a/src/logger/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/logger/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ if(NOT KOMPUTE_OPT_LOG_LEVEL_DISABLED)
         target_compile_definitions(spdlog INTERFACE SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL=SPDLOG_LEVEL_${KOMPUTE_OPT_LOG_LEVEL})
         target_compile_definitions(kp_logger INTERFACE SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL=SPDLOG_LEVEL_${KOMPUTE_OPT_LOG_LEVEL})
         message(STATUS "setting SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL to SPDLOG_LEVEL_${KOMPUTE_OPT_LOG_LEVEL}")
+
+        if(KOMPUTE_OPT_SPDLOG_ASYNC_MODE)
+            target_compile_definitions(kp_logger INTERFACE KOMPUTE_SPDLOG_ASYNC_LOGGING=1)
+        endif()
     else()
         target_link_libraries(kp_logger PUBLIC fmt::fmt)
     endif()