diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index efc7e50..dd52afd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install -y --fix-missing --no-install-recommends git build-essential software-properties-common cmake libtbb-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-serialization-dev libpdal-dev libeigen3-dev
       - name: Build
-        run: mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DWITH_GBT=ON .. && make -j$(nproc)
+        run: mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DWITH_GBT=ON -DPORTABLE_BUILD=ON .. && make -j$(nproc)
       - name: Archive compiled binaries
         run: cd build && tar -czvf opc.tar.gz pcclassify pctrain
       - name: Upload Distribution Files
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 18f8d8a..57325a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SET(WITH_GBT OFF CACHE BOOL "Build GBT support")
 SET(WITH_PDAL ON CACHE BOOL "Build PDAL readers support")
 SET(BUILD_PCTRAIN ON CACHE BOOL "Build pctrain")
 SET(BUILD_PCCLASSIFY ON CACHE BOOL "Build pcclassify")
-
+SET(PORTABLE_BUILD OFF CACHE BOOL "Build portable binaries")
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ if (NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
 endif()
 
 if((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU"))
-    if( NOT ((${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "aarch64") OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "arm64")) )
-        add_compile_options(-march=native)
+    if(NOT ((${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "aarch64") OR (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "arm64")))
+        if(NOT PORTABLE_BUILD)
+            message("Building with native optimizations")
+            add_compile_options(-march=native)
+        else()
+            message("Building portable binaries")
+            add_compile_options(-march=nehalem)
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif()