diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4efdcee..4586bab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/lib/llvm-18/bin/clang \
             -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WASI \
             -DWASI_SDK_INCLUDE_TESTS=ON \
+            -DWASI_SDK_CPU_CFLAGS="" \
             -DCMAKE_C_LINKER_DEPFILE_SUPPORTED=OFF \
             -DCMAKE_CXX_LINKER_DEPFILE_SUPPORTED=OFF
       - run: ninja -C build
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e1321b..89dadb9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ in compiling WebAssembly code. Supported CMake flags are:
 * `-DWASI_SDK_DEBUG_PREFIX_MAKE=OFF` - disable `-fdebug-prefix-map` when
   building C/C++ code to use full host paths instead.
 * `-DWASI_SDK_INCLUDE_TESTS=ON` - used for building tests.
+* `-DWASI_SDK_CPU_CFLAGS=..` - used to specify CFLAGS to tweak wasm features
+  to enable/disable. The default is `-mcpu=lime1`.
 * `-DWASI_SDK_TEST_HOST_TOOLCHAIN=ON` - test the host toolchain's wasi-libc and
   sysroot libraries, don't build or use fresh libraries for tests.
 * `-DWASI_SDK_TARGETS=..` - a list of targets to build, by default all WASI
diff --git a/cmake/wasi-sdk-sysroot.cmake b/cmake/wasi-sdk-sysroot.cmake
index f53fda9..25d5837 100644
--- a/cmake/wasi-sdk-sysroot.cmake
+++ b/cmake/wasi-sdk-sysroot.cmake
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ option(WASI_SDK_DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP "Pass `-fdebug-prefix-map` for built artifacts"
 option(WASI_SDK_INCLUDE_TESTS "Whether or not to build tests by default" OFF)
 option(WASI_SDK_INSTALL_TO_CLANG_RESOURCE_DIR "Whether or not to modify the compiler's resource directory" OFF)
 option(WASI_SDK_LTO "Whether or not to build LTO assets" ON)
+set(WASI_SDK_CPU_CFLAGS "-mcpu=lime1" CACHE STRING "CFLAGS to specify wasm features to enable")
 
 set(wasi_tmp_install ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install)
 set(wasi_sysroot ${wasi_tmp_install}/share/wasi-sysroot)
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ function(define_compiler_rt target)
         -DCOMPILER_RT_BUILD_ORC=OFF
         -DCOMPILER_RT_BUILD_GWP_ASAN=OFF
         -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET=${target}
+        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${WASI_SDK_CPU_CFLAGS}
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${wasi_resource_dir}
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ON
     USES_TERMINAL_CONFIGURE ON
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ function(define_wasi_libc_sub target target_suffix lto)
   get_property(directory_cflags DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS)
   list(APPEND directory_cflags -resource-dir ${wasi_resource_dir})
   set(extra_cflags_list
-    "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${directory_cflags} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}}")
+    "${WASI_SDK_CPU_CFLAGS} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${directory_cflags} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}}")
   list(JOIN extra_cflags_list " " extra_cflags)
 
   if(${target} MATCHES threads)
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ function(define_libcxx_sub target target_suffix extra_target_flags extra_libdir_
   get_property(dir_compile_opts DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY COMPILE_OPTIONS)
   get_property(dir_link_opts DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY LINK_OPTIONS)
   set(extra_flags
+    ${WASI_SDK_CPU_CFLAGS}
     ${target_flags}
     --target=${target}
     ${dir_compile_opts}