diff --git a/src/game/meson.build b/src/game/meson.build
index 760270fa66f..fe73a37116e 100644
--- a/src/game/meson.build
+++ b/src/game/meson.build
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ game_sources = [
     'Arena/ArenaTeam.cpp',
     'Arena/ArenaTeamHandler.cpp',
     'VoiceChat/VoiceChatHandler.cpp',
-    'pchdef.cpp',
     'DBScripts/ScriptMgr.cpp',
     'Maps/SpawnGroup.cpp',
     'Maps/GridMap.cpp',
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index c6fd0a67271..85fd4bd9dde 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ shared_sources = [
     'Util.cpp',
     'Multithreading/Messager.cpp',
     'Log.cpp',
-    'pchdef.cpp',
     'ProgressBar.cpp',
     'Threading.cpp',
     'ByteBuffer.cpp',
@@ -74,11 +73,18 @@ actual_rev = vcs_tag(
     replace_string: '@REVISION_DATE@'
 )
 
+if not get_option('PCH')
+  pch_files = []
+else
+  pch_files = ['../shared/pchdef.h', '../shared/pchdef.cpp']
+endif
+
 if get_option('BUILD_GAME_SERVER') or get_option('BUILD_LOGIN_SERVER')
 sharedlib = static_library('shared',
                         [actual_rev, shared_sources],
                         include_directories: [global_includes, shared_inc],
                         dependencies: [zlib_dep, boost_dep, mariadb_dep, mysql_dep, postgresql_dep, openssl_dep, utfcpp_dep],
+                        cpp_pch: pch_files,
                         link_with: [frameworklib],
                         install : false
 )