diff --git a/src/3d/CMakeLists.txt b/src/3d/CMakeLists.txt
index 42904ad8a7e7..4d9939d00825 100644
--- a/src/3d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/3d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ set (QGIS_3D_RCCS  shaders.qrc  ../../resources/3d/textures/textures.qrc)
 
 add_library(qgis_3d SHARED ${QGIS_3D_SRCS} ${QGIS_3D_HDRS} ${QGIS_3D_RCCS} ${QGIS_3D_PRIVATE_HDRS})
 
+target_precompile_headers(qgis_3d PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/core/qgis.h>)
+
 # require c++17
 target_compile_features(qgis_3d PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
diff --git a/src/analysis/CMakeLists.txt b/src/analysis/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fa7297706bc..18d503154375 100644
--- a/src/analysis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/analysis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ endif()
 
 add_library(qgis_analysis ${LIBRARY_TYPE} ${QGIS_ANALYSIS_SRCS} ${QGIS_ANALYSIS_HDRS})
 
+target_precompile_headers(qgis_analysis PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/core/qgis.h>)
+
 # require c++17
 target_compile_features(qgis_analysis PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fd7c2278cf1..f4d622a36ef1 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ target_link_libraries(qgis_app
 
 target_compile_definitions(qgis_app PRIVATE "-DQT_NO_FOREACH")
 
+target_precompile_headers(qgis_app PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/core/qgis.h>)
+
 if (WITH_BINDINGS)
   add_definitions(-DWITH_BINDINGS)
   target_link_libraries(qgis_app qgispython)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 91cc4dadd3a1..055d540798ee 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2337,6 +2337,8 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 add_library(qgis_core ${LIBRARY_TYPE} ${QGIS_CORE_SRCS} ${QGIS_CORE_HDRS} ${QGIS_CORE_PRIVATE_HDRS} ${IMAGE_RCCS})
 
+target_precompile_headers(qgis_core PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:qgis.h>)
+
 # Add meshoptimizer
 if(WITH_INTERNAL_MESHOPTIMIZER)
   target_sources(qgis_core PRIVATE
diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e9aa88fa51e..08db60f49961 100644
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1678,6 +1678,8 @@ add_library(qgis_gui ${LIBRARY_TYPE}
 # require c++17
 target_compile_features(qgis_gui PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
+target_precompile_headers(qgis_gui PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/core/qgis.h>)
+
 target_include_directories(qgis_gui SYSTEM PUBLIC
   ${QWT_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${QSCINTILLA_INCLUDE_DIR}