diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bb0a372..86373303 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ option(USE_NO_MD5 "Build libxlsxwriter without third party MD5 lib" OFF)
 option(USE_OPENSSL_MD5 "Build libxlsxwriter with the OpenSSL MD5 lib" OFF)
 option(USE_FMEMOPEN "Use fmemopen() in place of some temporary files" OFF)
 option(IOAPI_NO_64 "Disable 64-bit filesystem support" OFF)
+option(USE_DOUBLE_FUNCTION "Build libxlsxwriter with locale independent double" OFF)
 
 if(MSVC)
     option(USE_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME "Use the static runtime library" OFF)
@@ -162,6 +163,10 @@ if(USE_FMEMOPEN)
     list(APPEND LXW_PRIVATE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS USE_FMEMOPEN)
 endif()
 
+if(USE_DOUBLE_FUNCTION)
+    list(APPEND LXW_PRIVATE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS USE_DOUBLE_FUNCTION)
+endif()
+
 if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     if(UNIX)
         set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)